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  • 41telling-off — n. (pl. tellings off) colloq. a reproof or reprimand. * * * n scolding, chiding, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reproof, lecture, row FORMAL castigation, upbraiding COLLOQ. dressing down, ticking off, bawling out, talking to, slap/smack on the… …

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  • 42let off — {v.} 1. To discharge (a gun); explode; fire. * /Willie accidentally let off his father s shotgun and made a hole in the wall./ Syn.: GO OFF, LET LOOSE(2). 2. To permit to go or escape; excuse from a penalty, a duty, or a promise. * /Two boys were …

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  • 43let off — {v.} 1. To discharge (a gun); explode; fire. * /Willie accidentally let off his father s shotgun and made a hole in the wall./ Syn.: GO OFF, LET LOOSE(2). 2. To permit to go or escape; excuse from a penalty, a duty, or a promise. * /Two boys were …

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  • 44let\ off — v 1. To discharge (a gun); explode; fire. Willie accidentally let off his father s shotgun and made a hole in the wall. Syn.: go off, let loose(2) 2. To permit to go or escape; excuse from a penalty, a duty, or a promise. Two boys were caught… …

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  • 45Novotel Brussels Off Grand Place (Brussels) — Novotel Brussels Off Grand Place country: Belgium, city: Brussels (Grand Place) Novotel Brussels Off Grand Place Situated close to the Central Station, Novotel Brussels Hotel is near Grand Place and Sablons historical district. The hotel offers… …

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  • 46turn off — verb a) To power down; to stop a device by switching it off. Turn off the machine and unplug it when you leave. b) To repulse, disgust, or discourage. Cigarette smoking really turns me off …

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  • 47Cummeragunja walk-off — Participants Jack Patten Bill Onus Eric Onus William Cooper Location Cummeragunja Mission Date 4 February 1939 (1939 02 04) The Cummeragunja w …

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  • 48Right Off Da Boat B&B — (Channel Port aux Basques,Канада) Категория отеля: Адрес: 3 Dennis Road, A0M …

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  • 49water off a duck's back —    If criticism or something similar is like water off a duck s back to somebody, they aren t affected by it in the slightest.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    Criticism or comments which have no effect on someone is referred to as being… …

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  • 50taper off — {v.} 1. To come to an end little by little; become smaller toward the end. * /The river tapers off here and becomes a brook./ 2. To stop a habit gradually; do something less and less often. * /Robert gave up smoking all at once instead of… …

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