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  • 1within an inch of — phrasal : almost to the point of : nearly to : very near broke down when we were within an inch of our destination came within an inch of death * * * within an inch of Very close to • • • Main Entry: ↑inch * * * very close to her mouth was within …

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  • 2within an inch of one's life — {adv. phr.} Until you are almost dead; near to dying. * /The bear clawed the hunter within an inch of his life./ Often used after to . * /The prize fighter was beaten to within an inch of his life./ …

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  • 3within an inch of one's life — {adv. phr.} Until you are almost dead; near to dying. * /The bear clawed the hunter within an inch of his life./ Often used after to . * /The prize fighter was beaten to within an inch of his life./ …

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  • 4inch — I. /ɪntʃ / (say inch) noun 1. a unit of length in the imperial system, ¹⁄₁₂ foot or 25.4 × 10 3 m (25.4 mm). Symbol: Abbrev.: in 2. See inch of mercury. 3. See inch of water. 4. a very small amount of anything. –verb (i) 5 …

  • 5inch — inch1 W3S2 [ıntʃ] n [Date: 1000 1100; : Latin; Origin: uncia one twelfth ] 1.) written abbreviation in a unit for measuring length, equal to 2.54 centimetres. There are 12 inches in a foot. ▪ The curtains were an inch too short. ▪ Rainfall here… …

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  • 6Death of Keith Blakelock — Keith Blakelock Metropolitan Police Service 28 June 1945(1945 06 28) – 6 October 1985( …

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  • 7Kenneth M. Taylor — Infobox Military Person name=Kenneth M. Taylor born= birth date|mf=yes|1919|12|23 died= death date and age|mf=yes|2006|11|25|1919|12|23 placeofbirth=Enid, Oklahoma placeofdeath=Tucson, Arizona placeofburial= Arlington National Cemetery allegiance …

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  • 8performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …

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  • 9Battle of Jutland — fixHTML|begInfobox Military Conflict conflict = Battle of Jutland partof = World War I caption = The Battle of Jutland, 1916 date = 31 May 1916 ndash; 1 June 1916 place = North Sea, near Denmark result = Indecisive combatant1 = combatant2 =… …

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  • 10Pakistan — /pak euh stan , pah keuh stahn /, n. 1. Islamic Republic of, a republic in S Asia, between India and Afghanistan: formerly part of British India; known as West Pakistan from 1947 71 to distinguish it from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).… …

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