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  • 1careful — care|ful [ kerfl ] adjective *** 1. ) if someone is careful, they think about what they are doing so that they do not do anything wrong or so that they avoid problems: Teachers have to be careful when criticizing pupils. Even the most careful… …

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  • 2careful — 1 solicitous, anxious, worried, concerned (see under CARE n) Analogous words: disquieted, perturbed, discomposed, disturbed, upset (see DISCOMPOSE): troubled, distressed (see TROUBLE vb): *watchful, vigilant, alert 2 Careful, meticulous,… …

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  • 3Careful with That Axe, Eugene — Single by Pink Floyd from the album Ummagumma A si …

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  • 4Careful — Care ful (k[^a]r f[.u]l), a. [AS. cearful.] 1. Full of care; anxious; solicitous. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] Be careful [Rev. Ver. anxious ] for nothing. Phil. iv. 6. [1913 Webster] The careful plowman doubting stands. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2.… …

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  • 5Careful with That Axe, Eugene — Single par Pink Floyd extrait de l’album Relics Face A Point Me at the Sky Sortie 17 décembre 1968 Enregistrement 4 novembre …

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  • 6careful - careless - carefree — ◊ careful If you are careful, you do something with a lot of attention. She told me to be careful with the lawnmower. He had to be careful about what he said. This law will encourage more careful driving. ◊ careles …

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  • 7careful with money — idiom not spending money on unimportant things • His mother had always been careful with money. Main entry: ↑carefulidiom …

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  • 8not to be sneezed at — Not to be despised • • • Main Entry: ↑sneeze * * * not to be sneezed at informal phrase very good, or good enough to consider having Six goals is not to be sneezed at. Thesaurus: very good …

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  • 9not be thinking straight — spoken phrase to not be considering things as well as you usually do I’m sorry, I’m just not thinking straight at the moment. Thesaurus: not showing careful thought or good judgmentsynonym Main entry: think …

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  • 10not take kindly to something — (not) take kindly to (something) to not like something that someone says or does. Be careful what you say to Mike he doesn t take kindly to criticism. I didn t take kindly to being thrown out of the team …

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