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  • 21Clement Vismara — at the age of 86 Born September 6, 1897(1897 09 06) Agrate Brianza, Italy Died June 15, 1988( …

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  • 22show — show1 [ ʃou ] (past tense showed; past participle shown [ ʃoun ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 prove something is true ▸ 2 give information ▸ 3 behave in particular way ▸ 4 let someone see something ▸ 5 give instructions, etc. ▸ 6 lead someone somewhere ▸ 7 be… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 23turn someone away — turn (someone/something) away to refuse to see or talk to someone, or to consider something. If anyone comes to the door, just turn them away. She has turned away every opportunity to improve her English in the last ten years …

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  • 24turn something away — turn (someone/something) away to refuse to see or talk to someone, or to consider something. If anyone comes to the door, just turn them away. She has turned away every opportunity to improve her English in the last ten years …

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  • 25turn away — turn (someone/something) away to refuse to see or talk to someone, or to consider something. If anyone comes to the door, just turn them away. She has turned away every opportunity to improve her English in the last ten years …

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  • 26show off — phrasal verb Word forms show off : present tense I/you/we/they show off he/she/it shows off present participle showing off past tense showed off past participle shown off 1) [intransitive] showing disapproval to behave in a way that is intended… …

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  • 27ˌshow ˈoff — phrasal verb showing disapproval to behave in a way that is intended to attract people s attention and make them admire you The children start showing off the minute anyone comes into the house.[/ex] …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 28double meanings —  Anyone who has written headlines for a living will know the embarrassment that comes from causing hilarity to a large group of people by writing an inadvertently two faced headline. I have no doubt that someone at the Toronto Globe and Mail is… …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • 29double meanings —    Anyone who has written headlines for a living will know the embarrassment that comes from causing hilarity to a large group of people by writing an inadvertently two faced headline. I have no doubt that someone at the Toronto Globe and Mail is …

    Dictionary of troublesome word

  • 30literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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