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  • 91rest — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. remainder, remains, balance, residuum; repose; death. See music. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Repose] Syn. sleep, ease, quiet, quietude, quietness, tranquillity, slumber, calm, calmness, peace, peacefulness …

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  • 92Fire breathing — is the act of creating a large flame by spraying, with one s breath, a flammable liquid upon an open flame. The flame is usually held an arm s length away and the spray should be both powerful and misty. This art is said to have originated in… …

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  • 93defer — I v 1. delay, postpone, suspend, table, shelve, Sl. put on the shelf, pigeonhole, prorogue; hold off, hold up, lay over, refrain from further action, hold in abeyance, put in cold storage, put on ice, put on a back burner, hang fire, put in a… …

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  • 94postpone — v 1. defer, delay, suspend, table, shelve, Sl. put on the shelf, pigeonhole, prorogue; waive, dispense with, put aside for the time; hold off, hold up, lay over, refrain from further action, hold in abeyance, put in cold storage, put on ice, put… …

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  • 95silence — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Absence of sound Nouns 1. silence; stillness, quiet, peace, hush; inaudibility. 2. (reluctance or inability to speak) muteness, dumbness, aphony, voicelessness; taciturnity, reticence; deadness, dullness …

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  • 96repose — n 1. rest, sleep, slumber, somnolence, land of Nod, arms of Morpheus, Inf beauty sleep, Sl. shut eye, Sl. Z s, Chiefly Brit. Sl. Bo Peep; nap, catnap, nod, snooze, doze, siesta, Inf. forty winks. 2. dormancy, latency, idleness, passivity,… …

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  • 97Hope Diamond — French Blue redirects here. For the color, see French blue (color). Hope Diamond Hope Diamond in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History Weight 45.52[1][2] …

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  • 98catch — ► VERB (past and past part. caught) 1) intercept and hold (something thrown, propelled, or dropped). 2) seize or take hold of. 3) capture after a chase or in a trap, net, etc. 4) be in time to board (a train, bus, etc.) or to see (a person,… …

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  • 99catchable — catch ► VERB (past and past part. caught) 1) intercept and hold (something thrown, propelled, or dropped). 2) seize or take hold of. 3) capture after a chase or in a trap, net, etc. 4) be in time to board (a train, bus, etc.) or to see (a person …

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  • 100catcher — catch ► VERB (past and past part. caught) 1) intercept and hold (something thrown, propelled, or dropped). 2) seize or take hold of. 3) capture after a chase or in a trap, net, etc. 4) be in time to board (a train, bus, etc.) or to see (a person …

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