of career etc)

  • 31crossroads — noun 1 place where two roads cross VERB + CROSSROADS ▪ come to PREPOSITION ▪ at the crossroads ▪ Turn right at the next crossroads. 2 important point in your life, career, etc …

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  • 32advance — 1 noun 1 in advance before something happens or is expected to happen: I should warn you in advance, we may be delayed. | six months/a year in advance: Rent is payable three months in advance. (+ of): Could you distribute copies well in advance… …

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  • 33past — /past / (say pahst) verb 1. Rare past participle and occasional past tense of pass. –adjective 2. gone by in time. 3. belonging to, or having existed or occurred in time previous to this. 4. gone by just before the present time; just passed: the… …

  • 34carve — v. 1 tr. produce or shape (a statue, representation in relief, etc.) by cutting into a hard material (carved a figure out of rock; carved it in wood). 2 tr. a cut patterns, designs, letters, etc. in (hard material). b (foll. by into) form a… …

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  • 35history — his|to|ry W1S2 [ˈhıstəri] n plural histories ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(past events)¦ 2¦(development of something)¦ 3¦(subject)¦ 4¦(account)¦ 5¦(past life)¦ 6 make history 7 something will go down in history 8 history repeats itself …

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  • 36peak — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a projecting usu. pointed part, esp.: a the pointed top of a mountain. b a mountain with a peak. c a stiff brim at the front of a cap. d a pointed beard. e the narrow part of a ship s hold at the bow or stern (forepeak; after… …

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  • 37Shahjalal University of Science and Technology — Infobox University name =Shahjalal University of Science and Technology motto = Two leaves and a bud established =1987 type =Public, Coeducational chancellor =Professor Dr. Iajuddin Ahmed vice chancellor=Professor Dr. M Aminul Islam city =Sylhet… …

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  • 38Peter Glassen — Infobox Philosopher region = Canada era = 20th Century color = #B0C4DE image caption = name = Peter Glassen birth = Birth date|1920|10|19, Szeged (Hungary) death = March 24, 1986, Winnipeg (Canada) school tradition = Analytic main interests =… …

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  • 39past — /past, pahst/, adj. 1. gone by or elapsed in time: It was a bad time, but it s all past now. 2. of, having existed in, or having occurred during a time previous to the present; bygone: the past glories of the Incas. 3. gone by just before the… …

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  • 40teeth — /tiθ / (say teeth) plural noun 1. plural of tooth. 2. the punitive sections of a legislation, ruling, etc., meant to ensure its enforcement: give a regulation teeth. –phrase 3. be fed (up) to the (back) teeth with, Colloquial to be heartily sick… …