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  • 41The Musical Box (band) — The Musical Box is a prominent Genesis tribute band.HistoryTaking their name from the 1971 track of the same name, they formed in Montreal, Quebec in 1993 to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the 1973 album Selling England by the Pound .… …

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  • 42The English College, in Rome —     The English College, in Rome     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The English College, in Rome     I. FOUNDATION     Some historians (e.g., Dodd, II, 168, following Polydere Vergil, Harpsfield, Spelman, etc.) have traced the origin of the English… …

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  • 43call the roll — mark attendance, check attendance by reading the list of those who are supposed to be present (mainly in a classroom) …

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  • 44pay with the roll of a drum —    obsolete British    to avoid payment    It was illegal to seek to arrest a soldier for debt while he was on the march …

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  • 45roll — roll1 W3S1 [rəul US roul] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(round object)¦ 2¦(person/animal)¦ 3¦(shape of tube/ball)¦ 4¦(make something flat)¦ 5¦(clothes)¦ 6¦(something with wheels)¦ 7¦(drop of liquid)¦ 8¦(waves/clouds)¦ 9¦(game)¦ 10¦( …

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  • 46roll — roll1 [ roul ] verb *** ▸ 1 move while turning ▸ 2 move on wheels ▸ 3 move from side to side ▸ 4 change direction faced ▸ 5 move across surface ▸ 6 wrap something around itself ▸ 7 produce long low sound ▸ 8 machine: work ▸ 9 make substance flat… …

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  • 47roll — 1 verb 1 ROUND OBJECT (intransitive always + adv/prep, transitive) if something that is round rolls or if you roll it, it moves along a surface by turning over and over: The ball rolled into the street. | roll sth: Maybe we can roll the log to… …

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  • 48Roll Over Beethoven — Single infobox Name = Roll Over Beethoven Caption = Chess single B side = Drifting Heart‎ Artist = Chuck Berry Writer = Chuck Berry Released = May, 1956 Format = 7 Recorded = Genre = Rock n Roll Length = 2:04 Label = Chess #1626 Producer = Chart… …

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  • 49Roll of Distinguished Philatelists — Le Roll of Distinguished Philatelists (RDP, pour « Rôle des philatélistes distingués ») est une récompense philatélique britannique d importance internationale. Sommaire 1 Sélection 2 Historique 3 « Pères de la philatélie » …

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  • 50roll — [[t]ro͟ʊl[/t]] ♦♦ rolls, rolling, rolled 1) V ERG When something rolls or when you roll it, it moves along a surface, turning over many times. [V prep/adv] The ball rolled into the net... [V prep/adv] Their car went off the road and rolled over …

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