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  • 41guide — [gīd] vt. guided, guiding [ME giden < OFr guider < guide < It guida < Goth * wida, leader, guide < * witan, to observe, akin to OE witan, to see: see WISE1] 1. to point out the way for; direct on a course; conduct; lead 2. to… …

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  • 42retire — [ri tīr′] vi. retired, retiring [Fr retirer < re , back + tirer, to draw < VL * tirare] 1. to go away, retreat, or withdraw to a private, sheltered, or secluded place 2. to go to bed 3. to give ground, as in battle; retreat; withdraw 4. to… …

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  • 43manage — v. & n. v. 1 tr. organize; regulate; be in charge of (a business, household, team, a person s career, etc.). 2 tr. (often foll. by to + infin.) succeed in achieving; contrive (managed to arrive on time; managed a smile; managed to ruin the day).… …

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  • 44tooth — toothlike, adj. /toohth/, n., pl. teeth, v., toothed /toohtht, toohdhd/, toothing /tooh thing, dhing/. n. 1. (in most vertebrates) one of the hard bodies or processes usually attached in a row to each jaw, serving for the prehension and… …

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  • 45past — [[t]pæst, pɑst[/t]] adj. 1) gone by or elapsed in time: The bad times are past now[/ex] 2) of, having existed in, or having occurred during a previous time; bygone: past glories[/ex] 3) gone by just before the present time; just passed: the past… …

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  • 46bum — ☆ bum1 [bum ] n. [< bummer, prob. < Ger bummler, loafer, habitually tardy person < bummeln, to go slowly, waste time] Informal 1. a vagrant, hobo, tramp, or beggar; specif., a shabby, often drunken derelict 2. any shiftless or… …

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  • 47launching-pad — launchˈing pad noun 1. A platform from which a rocket can be launched 2. A place, event, etc which gives a good start to a career, etc, or at which a project, campaign, etc is launched • • • Main Entry: ↑launch …

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  • 48hit the buffers — british informal phrase to fail Thesaurus: to fail, or to stop being successfulsynonym Main entry: buffer * * * hit the buffers (or run into the buffers) Brit informal : to stop or fail …

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  • 49North Paravur — This article is about a town in Ernakulam district. For other uses, see Paravur. Paravur   suburb   …

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  • 50debut — /day byooh , di , day byooh, deb yooh/, n. 1. a first public appearance on a stage, on television, etc. 2. the first appearance of something, as a new product. 3. (of a young woman) a formal introduction and entrance into society, as at an annual …

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