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  • 51dodge — dodge1 [ dadʒ ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive to avoid someone or something by moving quickly, especially so that something does not hit you or someone does not see you: Shoppers had to dodge flying glass when the bomb exploded. cyclists… …

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  • 52dodge — I UK [dɒdʒ] / US [dɑdʒ] verb Word forms dodge : present tense I/you/we/they dodge he/she/it dodges present participle dodging past tense dodged past participle dodged 1) [intransitive/transitive] to avoid someone or something by moving quickly,… …

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  • 53duck out of — To shirk, avoid (responsibilities, etc) • • • Main Entry: ↑duck * * * ˌduck ˈout of [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they duck out of he/she/it …

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  • 54List of 'Til Death episodes — The following is an episode list for the United States sitcom Til Death, which originally aired on Fox from September 7, 2006 to June 20, 2010. A total of 81 episodes of Til Death have been produced over four seasons. Contents 1 Series overview 2 …

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  • 55shy — shy1 [ʃaı] adj comparative shyer superlative shyest [: Old English; Origin: sceoh] 1.) nervous and embarrassed about meeting and speaking to other people, especially people you do not know ▪ He was a quiet, shy man. shy with ▪ She was very shy… …

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  • 56get out of — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms get out of : present tense I/you/we/they get out of he/she/it gets out of present participle getting out of past tense got out of past participle got out of 1) a) get out of something to avoid doing something… …

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  • 57Discworld (world) — The Discworld as it appears in the SkyOne adaptation of The Colour of Magic. The Discworld is the fictional setting for all of Terry Pratchett s Discworld fantasy novels. It consists of a large disc (complete with edge of the world drop off and… …

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  • 58Reconstruction Era of the United States — In the history of the United States, the term Reconstruction Era has two senses: the first covers the entire nation in the period 1865–1877 following the Civil War; the second one, used in this article, covers the transformation of the Southern… …

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  • 59dodge — ▪ I. dodge dodge 1 [dɒdʒ ǁ dɑːdʒ] verb [transitive] informal to deliberately avoid doing something, especially paying for something: • We suspected they were dodging VAT and alerted Customs and Excise. • ways in which the tobacco industry had… …

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  • 60careful — care|ful W2S1 [ˈkeəfəl US ˈker ] adj 1.) (be) careful! spoken used to tell someone to think about what they are doing so that something bad does not happen ▪ Be careful there s broken glass on the floor! 2.) trying very hard to avoid doing… …

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