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  • 51Glen — n British an easy task. The phrase is based on the rhyme Glen Hoddle (the UK soccer star and manager) and the colloquial term doddle . An item of student slang in use in London and elsewhere since around 2000 …

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  • 52cinch — [[t]sɪ̱ntʃ[/t]] N SING: a N If you say that something is a cinch, you mean that you think it is very easy to do. [INFORMAL] It sounds difficult, but compared to full time work it was a cinch. Syn: doddle …

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  • 53cine — [[t]sɪ̱ni[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n Cine is used to refer to things that are used in or connected with the making or showing of films. Transferring cine film or slides to video should be a doddle. ...a cine camera. ...a cine projector …

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  • 54pushover — [[t]p ʊʃoʊvə(r)[/t]] pushovers 1) N COUNT You say that someone is a pushover when you find it easy to persuade them to do what you want. [INFORMAL] He is a tough negotiator. We did not expect to find him a pushover and he has not been one. 2) N… …

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  • 55dawdle — verb waste time. ↘move slowly and idly. Derivatives dawdler noun Origin C17: related to dialect daddle, doddle dally …

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  • 56dawdle — ► VERB ▪ move slowly; take one s time. DERIVATIVES dawdler noun. ORIGIN related to dialect daddle, doddle dally …

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  • 57dawdler — dawdle ► VERB ▪ move slowly; take one s time. DERIVATIVES dawdler noun. ORIGIN related to dialect daddle, doddle dally …

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  • 58toddle — [täd′ l] vi. toddled, toddling [? freq. of TOTTER, via N dial. doddle < ?] to walk with short, uncertain steps, as in very early childhood n. the act of toddling or a toddling movement …

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  • 59Britain — noun a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; Great Britain is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK …

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  • 60child's play — noun 1. any undertaking that is easy to do marketing this product will be no picnic • Syn: ↑cinch, ↑breeze, ↑picnic, ↑snap, ↑duck soup, ↑pushover, ↑walkover, ↑ …

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