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  • 31flame — flame1 [fleım] n ↑flame, ↑wax, ↑wick [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin flamma flame ] 1.) [U and C] hot bright burning gas that you see when something is on fire ▪ Flames poured out of the windows of the building. ▪ They rushed past… …

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  • 32flame — 1 noun (C, U) 1 hot bright burning gas that you see when something is on fire: the flame of a candle | Flames poured out of the windows of the building. 2 in flames burning strongly: The house was in flames by the time we arrived. 3 go up in… …

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  • 33Flame Trees — Infobox Single Name = Flame Trees Caption = Artist = Cold Chisel from Album = Twentieth Century A side = B side = Released = August 1984 Format = 7 vinyl Recorded = 1983 Genre = Pub rock Length = Label = WEA Writer = Steve Prestwich and Don… …

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  • 34flame — I UK [fleɪm] / US noun Word forms flame : singular flame plural flames ** 1) [countable/uncountable] the brightly burning gas that you see coming from a fire He sat by the fire staring at the flames. in flames (= burning): The whole building was… …

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  • 35flame — noun 1》 a hot glowing body of ignited gas that is generated by something on fire. 2》 a thing compared to a flame s ability to burn fiercely or be extinguished: the flame of hope. 3》 a brilliant orange red colour. 4》 informal a vitriolic or… …

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  • 36flame — flame1 [ fleım ] noun ** 1. ) count or uncount the brightly burning gas that you see coming from a fire: He sat by the fire staring at the flames. in flames (=burning): The whole building was soon in flames. burst into/go up in/erupt in flames: A …

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  • 37flame — [[t]fle͟ɪm[/t]] flames, flaming, flamed 1) N VAR A flame is a hot bright stream of burning gas that comes from something that is burning. The heat from the flames was so intense that roads melted. ...a huge ball of flame. 2) VERB If someone s… …

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  • 38old — adjective 1 USED OR NOT NEW having existed for a long time, or having been used a lot before: an old winter coat | a big old house | an old saying | My car s older than yours. | be (as) old as the hills (=be extremely old) 2 NOT YOUNG having… …

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  • 39flame — 1. noun 1) (flames) a sheet of flames Syn: fire, blaze, conflagration, inferno 2) (flames) the flames of her anger Syn: passion, warmth …

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  • 40flame — noun 1) a sheet of flames Syn: fire, blaze, conflagration, inferno 2) informal an old flame Syn: sweetheart, boyfriend, girlfriend, lover, partner …

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