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41peril — noun 1 great danger ADJECTIVE ▪ deadly, dire, grave, great, mortal, serious ▪ imminent ▪ financial …
42stop — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 stopping or staying ADJECTIVE ▪ long ▪ brief, short ▪ overnight ▪ abrupt, sharp, sudden …
43violence — noun 1 hurting other people physically ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, excessive, extreme, great, large scale, serious ▪ fresh ▪ There are fears of fresh …
44exclude — ex|clude W3S2 [ıkˈsklu:d] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: excludere, from claudere to close ] 1.) to deliberately not include something ≠ ↑include ▪ a special diet that excludes dairy products ▪ The judges decided to exclude evidence… …
45foul — foul1 [faul] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(smell/taste)¦ 2 in a foul mood/temper 3¦(air/water)¦ 4 foul language 5¦(weather)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: ful] 1.) ¦(SMELL/TASTE)¦ a foul smell or taste is very unpleasant = ↑disgusting …
46surround — sur|round1 W2 [səˈraund] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: suronder to overflow, flood , from Late Latin superundare, from Latin unda wave ] 1.) [usually passive] to be all around someone or something on every side be surrounded by… …
47focus — 1 verb focussing, focussed or focused 1 (I, T) to pay special attention to a particular person or thing instead of others (+ on): Modern medicine has tended to focus too much on developing highly complicated surgical techniques. | focus attention …
48hail — 1 noun 1 (U) frozen rain drops which fall as hard balls of ice 2 a hail of bullets/stones a large number of bullets, stones etc thrown or fired at someone 3 a hail of criticism/abuse a lot of criticism etc 2 verb (T) to call to someone in order… …
49one — 1 /wVn/ number 1 the number one: one hundred and twenty one pounds ( 121) | The answer is on page forty one. | Can I have one coffee and two milkshakes please? 2 one or two a small number of people or things: There are one or two things to sort… …
50position — 1 noun 1 STANDING/SITTING/POINTING ETC (C) the way someone stands or sits, or the direction in which an object, switch etc is pointing: I had to work in an uncomfortable position, lying under the car. | a sitting/kneeling/standing position: The… …
