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  • 1knee-high — adj 1.) tall enough to reach your knees ▪ knee high grass 2.) knee high to a grasshopper old fashioned used when talking about the past to say that someone was a young child then …

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  • 2knee-high — 1 adjective 1 tall enough to reach your knees: knee high grass 2 knee high to a grasshopper old fashioned used when talking about the past to say that someone was a very small child then 2 noun (C) a sock that ends just below your knee …

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  • 3high — high1 W1S1 [haı] adj comparative higher superlative highest ↑high, ↑low ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(from bottom to top)¦ 2¦(above ground)¦ 3¦(large number)¦ 4¦(good standard)¦ 5¦(containing a lot)¦ 6¦(rank/position)¦ …

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  • 4high — 1 /haI/ adjective MEASUREMENT/DISTANCE 1 FROM BOTTOM TO TOP something that is high measures a long distance from its bottom to its top: the highest mountain in Japan | a castle surrounded by high walls | 100 feet/30 metres etc high: a building 20 …

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  • 5-high — [[t] ha͟ɪ[/t]] COMB in ADJ high combines with words such as knee or shoulder to indicate that someone or something reaches as high as the point that is mentioned. The grass was knee high. COMB in ADV: ADV after v high is also a combining form.… …

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  • 7The Land (fiction) — This article is about the setting for a series of books by Stephen R. Donaldson. For other uses, see The Land (disambiguation) The Land is the primary setting for the series of fantasy books by Stephen R. Donaldson called The Chronicles of Thomas …

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  • 8The Bluegrass Boys — William Smith „Bill“ Monroe (* 13. September 1911 in Rosine, Kentucky; † 9. September 1996 in Springfield, Tennessee) war ein US amerikanischer Countrysänger, Musiker und Komponist. Er gilt als „Father of Bluegrass“ und war bekannt für seinen… …

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  • 9The Monroe Brothers — William Smith „Bill“ Monroe (* 13. September 1911 in Rosine, Kentucky; † 9. September 1996 in Springfield, Tennessee) war ein US amerikanischer Countrysänger, Musiker und Komponist. Er gilt als „Father of Bluegrass“ und war bekannt für seinen… …

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  • 10Native Americans in the United States — This article is about the indigenous people of the United States. For other indigenous people see Indigenous peoples by geographic regions Native Americans …

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