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  • 41button —    1. (man) American    a professional killer    Presumably you press him for action:     Know what a button is, DeLoroza? A shooter. (Diehl, 1978)     His head was alive and jumping with notions of button men. (M. Thomas, 1980)    2. American… …

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  • 42PRESS statistic — In statistics, the predicted residual sums of squares (PRESS) statistic is used in regression analysis to provide a summary measure of the fit of a model to a sample of observations. These observation were not themselves used to estimate the… …

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  • 43press — нажимать; прижимать press enter нажимать ввод press the button нажимать кнопку press down придавливать, прижимать …

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  • 44push button — press button, electric switch that operates via a pressing …

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  • 45button — noun 1) shirt buttons Syn: fastener, stud, toggle; hook, catch, clasp, snap fastener, pin 2) press the button Syn: switch, knob, control; lever, hand …

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  • 46press the panic button — Go to hit the anic button …

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  • 47press the right buttons — push/press/the right buttons mainly journalism phrase to please an audience with a political speech by saying things that the audience agrees with The Prime Minister’s speech pushed all the right buttons. Thesaurus: to perform or entertain, or to …

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  • 48Push-button — Buttons on a handheld calculator …

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  • 49push-button switch — mygtukinis jungiklis statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. button switch; press button switch; push button switch vok. Druckknopfschalter, m; Drucktastenschalter, m rus. кнопочный выключатель, m pranc. interrupteur à bouton poussoir, m; …

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  • 50push the panic button — press/push/the panic button informal phrase to become very worried about something bad that happens and react suddenly instead of thinking about it calmly The thought of turning 50 makes me want to press the panic button. Thesaurus: to worry or… …

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