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  • 31fork — I. noun Etymology: Middle English forke, from Old English & Anglo French; Old English forca & Anglo French furke, from Latin furca Date: before 12th century 1. an implement with two or more prongs used especially for taking up (as in eating),… …

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  • 32stretch — I. verb Etymology: Middle English strecchen, from Old English streccan; akin to Old High German strecchan to stretch, Old English stræc firm, severe Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to extend (as one s limbs or body) in a reclining… …

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  • 33trample — [[t]træ̱mp(ə)l[/t]] tramples, trampling, trampled 1) VERB To trample on someone s rights or values or trample them means to deliberately ignore them. [V on n] They say loggers are destroying rain forests and trampling on the rights of natives...… …

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  • 34plunge — [c]/plʌndʒ / (say plunj) verb (plunged, plunging) –verb (t) 1. to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into someone s heart. 2. to bring into some… …

  • 35toss — [c]/tɒs / (say tos) verb (tossed or, Poetic, tost, tossing) –verb (t) 1. to throw, pitch, or fling, especially to throw lightly or carelessly: to toss a piece of paper into the wastepaper basket. 2. to throw or send (a ball, etc.) from one to… …

  • 36Lecture — A lecture is an oral presentation intended to present information or teach people about a particular subject, for example by a university or college teacher. Lectures are used to convey critical information, history, background, theories and… …

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  • 37golf — golfer, n. /golf, gawlf/; Brit. also /gof/, n. 1. a game in which clubs with wooden or metal heads are used to hit a small, white ball into a number of holes, usually 9 or 18, in succession, situated at various distances over a course having… …

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  • 38pitch — ▪ I. pitch pitch 1 [pɪtʆ] noun [countable] 1. also sales pitch informal MARKETING what a sales person says about a product to persuade people to buy it …

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  • 39call on sb — UK US call on/upon sb Phrasal Verb with call({{}}/kɔːl/ verb ► to ask formally for someone to do something: call on/upon sb to do sth »They called on the company to reverse its decision. »If you re ever called upon at work to give a talk, the… …

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  • 40call on/upon sb — UK US call on/upon sb Phrasal Verb with call({{}}/kɔːl/ verb ► to ask formally for someone to do something: call on/upon sb to do sth »They called on the company to reverse its decision. »If you re ever called upon at work to give a talk, the… …

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