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  • 11make free with — {v.} 1. To take or use (things) without asking. * /Bob makes free with his roommate s clothes./ * /A student should not make free with his teacher s first name./ 2. To act toward (someone) in a rude or impolite way. * /The girls don t like Ted… …

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  • 12make\ free\ with — v 1. To take or use (things) without asking. Bob makes free with his roommate s clothes. A student should not make free with his teacher s first name. 2. To act toward (someone) in a rude or impolite way. The girls don t like Ted because he makes …

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  • 13Civil liberties in the United Kingdom — have a long and formative history. This is usually considered to have begun with the English legal charter the Magna Carta of 1215, following its predecessor the English Charter of Liberties, a landmark document in English legal history. Judicial …

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  • 14presume on — TAKE (UNFAIR) ADVANTAGE OF, exploit, take liberties with; count on, bank on, place reliance on. → presume * * * phrasal or presume upon 1. : to base expectations on : rely on …

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  • 15liberty — lib|er|ty [ˈlıbəti US ər ] n plural liberties ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(freedom)¦ 2¦(legal right)¦ 3¦(without permission)¦ 4 be at liberty to do something 5 take liberties with somebody/something 6 at liberty ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: liberté …

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  • 16Nature fakers controversy — Illustration from William J. Long s School of the Woods (1902), showing an otter teaching her young to swim The nature fakers controversy was an early 20th century American literary debate highlighting the conflict between science and sentiment… …

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  • 17liberty — noun 1 FREEDOM (U) the freedom and the right to do whatever you want without asking permission or being afraid of authority: People will resent these restrictions on their liberty. 2 LEGAL RIGHT (countable usually plural) a particular legal right …

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  • 18Ranma Saotome — Infobox animanga character color = Red name = Ranma Saotome series = Ranma ½ caption = Ranma, male and female, in the anime. first = Volume 1 last = Volume 36 (english) creator = Rumiko Takahashi voiced by = Japanese: Kappei Yamaguchi (male)… …

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  • 19liberty — lib|er|ty [ lıbərti ] noun ** 1. ) uncount the freedom to think or behave in the way you want and not be controlled by a government or by other people: their long struggle for liberty and independence a ) count a particular kind of freedom,… …

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  • 20The Smoking Room — Infobox Television show name = The Smoking Room caption = genre = Sitcom camera = picture format = audio format = runtime = 29 mins approx. creator = Brian Dooley developer = producer = executive producer = starring = Robert Webb opentheme =… …

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