i cut myself while shaving

  • 1myself —  Except when it is used for emphasis ( I’ll do it myself ) or reflexively ( I cut myself while shaving ) myself is almost always timorous and better avoided. In the following two examples, the better word is inserted in brackets: Give it to John… …

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  • 2myself —    Except when it is used for emphasis ( Til do it myself ) or reflexively ( I cut myself while shaving ), myself is almost always timorous and inapt. In the following two examples, the better word is inserted in brackets: Give it to John or… …

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  • 3shave — I UK [ʃeɪv] / US verb Word forms shave : present tense I/you/we/they shave he/she/it shaves present participle shaving past tense shaved past participle shaved * 1) [intransitive/transitive] to make a part of your body smooth by cutting off the… …

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  • 4shave — [ʃeɪv] verb [I/T] I to make a part of your body smooth by cutting off the hair I cut myself while I was shaving.[/ex] shaving cream/foam[/ex] • shave sth off II noun [singular] shave [ʃeɪv] an act of making a part of your body smooth by cutting… …

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  • 5shave — shave1 [ ʃeıv ] verb * 1. ) intransitive or transitive to make a part of your body smooth by cutting off the hair using a RAZOR or SHAVER: I cut myself while I was shaving. They wore big boots and had shaved heads. How often do you shave your… …

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  • 7This Is the House That Jack Built — is a popular British nursery rhyme, first popularized by Randolph Caldecott. It is a cumulative tale that doesn t tell the story of Jack, who builds a house, but instead shows how the house is indirectly linked to numerous things and people, and… …

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  • 9Richard Chase — Infobox Serial Killer name=Richard Trenton Chase caption=Richard Trenton Chase s mugshot birthname= alias=Vampire of Sacramento birth=May 23, 1950 location=Santa Clara County, California death=December 26, 1980 cause=suicide, overdose victims=6… …

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  • 10nick — 1. noun a) A small cut in a surface He was arrested and taken down to Sun Hill nick to be charged. (police station) b) A particular point or place considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment. Hes just been released from… …

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