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  • 31knee — n. 1) to bend one s knees 2) to dislocate; wrench one s knee 3) a trick ( defective ) knee 4) (fig.) at smb. s knee (she learned the language at her mother s knee) 5) (usu. fig.) on bended knee(s) * * * [niː] wrench one s knee a trick ( defective …

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  • 32Humility — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Humility >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 humility humility humbleness Sgm: N 1 meekness meekness lowness Sgm: N 1 lowliness lowliness lowlihood Sgm: N 1 abasement abasement self abasement …

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  • 33humility — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of pride Nouns 1. humility, humbleness; meekness, lowliness, lowness; [self ] abasement; submission, resignation; modesty, blush, suffusion, confusion. 2. humiliation, degradation, mortification;… …

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  • 34bend — bend1 W3S3 [bend] v past tense and past participle bent [bent] [: Old English; Origin: bendan] 1.) [I and T] to move part of your body so that it is not straight or so that you are not upright ▪ Lee bent and kissed her. ▪ She bent her head. ▪… …

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  • 35knee — noun 1》 the joint between the thigh and the lower leg.     ↘a person s lap. 2》 an angled piece of wood or metal supporting the beams of a wooden ship. 3》 an abrupt obtuse or right angled bend in a graph. verb (knees, kneeing, kneed) hit with the… …

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  • 36bend — 1 bend, verb past tense and past participle bent bent 1 MOVE YOUR BODY (intransitive always + adv/prep) to move the top half of your body forwards or downwards (+ towards/across etc): He bent towards me and whispered in my ear. | bend over (=bend …

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  • 37Taboo Tuesday (2005) — Promotional poster featuring Kurt Angle, Eric Bischoff and John Cena Tagline(s) Log on. Take over. Theme s …

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  • 38El Chavo (TV series) — Infobox Television show name = El Chavo del Ocho caption = Main cast of the show. From left to right: Mr. Barriga, Miss Florinda, Professor Jirafales, Don Ramón, Miss Clotilde, Chilindrina and The Kid ( El Chavo ). format = Sitcom runtime = 30… …

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  • 39submission — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Yielding Nouns 1. submission, submissiveness, obedience, resignation, patience, humility, self abasement, compliance, pliancy, docility, passivity, acquiescence, sufferance, conformity, subjection;… …

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  • 40Padarn — Saint Padarn ( la. Paternus) is the eponymous founder of St Padarn s Church. Llanbadarn Fawr, [ Llanbadarn , Padarn s church .] near Aberystwyth in the early 6th century. At one time quite a popular saint, he is now chiefly remembered because of… …

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