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  • 41loose — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} verb Loose is used with these nouns as the object: ↑grip {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} adj. 1 not firmly fixed VERBS ▪ be, feel, seem ▪ One of the bricks feels slightly loose …

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  • 42strip — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 long, narrow piece ADJECTIVE ▪ long ▪ narrow, thin, tiny ▪ thick, wide ▪ Cut the meat into th …

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  • 43split — split1 W3S2 [splıt] v past tense and past participle split present participle splitting ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(disagree)¦ 2¦(separate into parts)¦ 3¦(break or tear)¦ 4¦(share)¦ 5¦(injure)¦ 6¦(end relationship)¦ 7¦(leave)¦ …

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  • 44rip — rip1 [rıp] v past tense and past participle ripped present participle ripping [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Probably from Flemish rippen to tear off roughly ] 1.) [I and T] to tear something or be torn quickly and violently ▪ Her clothes had all been …

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  • 45wear — 1 verb past tense wore past participle worn 1 ON YOUR BODY (T) to have something such as clothes, shoes, or jewellery on your body: I m going to wear a black dress and my diamond earrings. | Why aren t you wearing your glasses? | wear a seatbelt… …

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  • 46ripped, ripping — verb 1 (I, T) to tear something or be torn quickly and violently: I ve ripped my skirt on a nail. | The sails ripped under the force of the wind. | rip sth open (=open something by tearing it): Impatiently, Sue ripped the letter open. 2… …

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  • 47cut something to ribbons — cut/​tear etc something to ribbons phrase to cut/​tear etc something very badly The curtains were torn to ribbons. Thesaurus: to tear something, or to be tornsynonym cutting, cuts and relating to cuttinghyponym to destroy or severely damage… …

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  • 48page — noun 1 in a book, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ back, front ▪ facing, opposite ▪ There s a photo of him on the opposite page. ▪ inside …

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  • 49drop — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 reduction ADJECTIVE ▪ big, considerable, huge, large, massive ▪ marked, noticeable, significant, substantial …

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  • 50face — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 front part of the head ADJECTIVE ▪ angelic, beautiful, cute, handsome, lovely, perfect, pleasant, pretty, sweet …

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