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1offence — BrE usually offense AmE noun 1 (C) an illegal action or a crime: Driving while drunk is a serious offence. | a parking offense (+ against): sexual offences against children | commit an offence (=do something that is an offence) | first offence… …
2offence — [[t]əfe̱ns[/t]] ♦♦♦ offences (The spelling offense is used in American English. The pronunciation [[t]ɔ͟ːfens[/t]] is used for meaning 3.) 1) N COUNT An offence is a crime that breaks a particular law and requires a particular punishment.… …
3take — I UK [teɪk] / US verb Word forms take : present tense I/you/we/they take he/she/it takes present participle taking past tense took UK [tʊk] / US past participle taken UK [ˈteɪkən] / US *** 1) [transitive] to move something or someone from one… …
4take*/*/*/ — [teɪk] (past tense took [tʊk] ; past participle taken [ˈteɪkən] ) verb [T] I 1) to move or carry someone or something from one place to another Remember to take a pen with you.[/ex] What time do you take Amy to school?[/ex] The cat had to be… …
5John Paul McQueen and Craig Dean — Craig and John Paul (Guy Burnet and James Sutton). John Paul McQueen and Craig Dean are fictional characters and a supercouple from the long running British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks.[1] …
6Fathers of the Church — • The word Father is used in the New Testament to mean a teacher of spiritual things, by whose means the soul of man is born again into the likeness of Christ: Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Fathers of the Church …
7Paul Cézanne — Cezanne redirects here. For other uses, see Cezanne (disambiguation). Paul Cézanne Paul Cézanne, c. 1861 Born 19 January 1839(1839 01 19) …
8Charles Lock — Not to be confused with Charles Locke (disambiguation). Charles Lock Born 1770 Died 12 September 1804 (aged 33–34) Malta Cause of death Plague Resting place Malta …
9Antoon (Anthonis) van Dyck — Antoon (Anthonis) Van Dyck † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Antoon (Anthonis) Van Dyck Usually known as SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK. Flemish portrait painter, b. at Antwerp, 22 March, 1599; d. in London, 9 December, 1641. This great painter was …
10thin-skinned — adjective a) having a thin skin You must handle thin skinned fruits carefully to avoid bruising them. b) overly sensitive to criticism; quick to take offence; irritable; touchy Shes rather thin skinned when it comes to comments about her work …
