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  • 41ambiance — /am bee euhns/; Fr. /ahonn byahonns /, n., pl. ambiances / bee euhn siz/; Fr. / byahonns /. 1. the mood, character, quality, tone, atmosphere, etc., particularly of an environment or milieu: The restaurant had a delightful ambiance. 2. that which …

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  • 42fence — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. barrier, barricade, wall, stockade, paling, hedge, railing; slang, bagman or woman, receiver [of stolen goods]. v. i. en close; fight, thrust and parry; parry, evade; slang, bootleg, black market,… …

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  • 43entourage — 1832, surroundings, environment, picked up by De Quincey from Fr. entourage, from M.Fr. entourer to surround (16c.), from O.Fr. entour that which surrounds (10c.), from en in (see EN (Cf. en ) (1)) + tour a circuit (see TOUR (Cf. to …

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  • 44stripe — straɪp n. narrow band differing in color or texture from that which surrounds it; ribbon or strip of cloth indicating rank or length of service; sort, kind; stroke, blow (such as one made with a whip) v. mark with stripes, mark with narrow bands …

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  • 45striped — adj. having stripes, marked with narrow bands of contrasting color or texture straɪp n. narrow band differing in color or texture from that which surrounds it; ribbon or strip of cloth indicating rank or length of service; sort, kind; stroke,… …

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  • 46stripes — straɪp n. narrow band differing in color or texture from that which surrounds it; ribbon or strip of cloth indicating rank or length of service; sort, kind; stroke, blow (such as one made with a whip) v. mark with stripes, mark with narrow bands …

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  • 47striping — straɪp n. narrow band differing in color or texture from that which surrounds it; ribbon or strip of cloth indicating rank or length of service; sort, kind; stroke, blow (such as one made with a whip) v. mark with stripes, mark with narrow bands …

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  • 48sunken — sunk·en || sʌŋkÉ™n adj. submerged; below the level of that which surrounds it; hollow, depressed …

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  • 49surroundings — n. environment, environs, that which surrounds …

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  • 50pick — I [[t]pɪk[/t]] v. t. 1) to choose or select, esp. with care 2) to seek and find occasion for; provoke: to pick a fight[/ex] 3) to attempt to find; seek out: to pick flaws in an argument[/ex] 4) to steal the contents of: to pick a pocket[/ex] 5)… …

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