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  • 1away — a|way1 W1S1 [əˈweı] adv [: Old English; Origin: onweg, aweg, from on + weg way ] 1.) used to say that someone leaves a place or person, or stays some distance from a place or person ▪ Go away! ▪ Dinah was crying as she drove slowly away. away… …

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  • 2away — a|way1 [ ə weı ] adverb *** 1. ) in a different direction a ) moving so that you go farther from a person, place, or thing: When Sykes saw the police, he ran away. away from: People had been driven away from their homes by the invading army. b )… …

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  • 3away — [[t]əwe͟ɪ[/t]] ♦ (Away is often used with verbs of movement, such as go and drive , and also in phrasal verbs such as do away with and fade away .) 1) ADV: ADV after v, be ADV, oft ADV prep If someone or something moves or is moved away from a… …

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  • 4away — I UK [əˈweɪ] / US adverb *** 1) in a different direction a) moving so that you go further from a person, place, or thing When Sykes saw the police, he ran away. away from: People had been driven away from their homes by the invading army. b) used …

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  • 5away*/*/*/ — [əˈweɪ] adv I 1) in a different direction in a direction that takes you further from a person, place, or thing When Sykes saw the police, he ran away.[/ex] Bruce was staring at her, but she looked away.[/ex] Please move away from the doors.[/ex]… …

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  • 6Away in a Manger — is a religious Christmas carol first published in an 1885 Lutheran Sunday School book by James R. Murray (March 7, 1841 March 10, 1905), but the author of the first two stanzas is unknown. There are at least two major melodies for the song: one,… …

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  • 7Away in a Manger — (englisch; sinngemäß übersetzt: ‚fernab in einer Futterkrippe‘) ist ein englischsprachiges Weihnachtslied. Der Text bestand ursprünglich nur aus den ersten beiden Strophen, deren Autorenschaft unbekannt ist, und wurde erstmals 1885 in einem… …

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  • 8Away in a Manger — [Away in a Manger] a ↑carol sung especially by children at church services at ↑Christmas. The first verse is: Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, The little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head. The stars in the bright sky looked down where he… …

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  • 9Away in a Manger — a carol sung especially by children at church services at Christmas. The first verse is: Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, The little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head. The stars in the bright sky looked down where he lay, The little Lord… …

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  • 10look away — verb avert one s gaze (Freq. 2) She looked away when the nurse pricked her arm with the needle • Hypernyms: ↑look • Verb Frames: Somebody s Somebody s PP …

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