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  • 81short — short1 W1S1 [ʃo:t US ʃo:rt] adj comparative shorter superlative shortest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(time)¦ 2¦(length/distance)¦ 3¦(not tall)¦ 4¦(book/letter)¦ 5¦(not enough)¦ 6 be short on something 7¦(less than)¦ …

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  • 82stock — physical items ( inventory) that a business uses in its production process or has for sale in the ordinary course of doing business. Glossary of Business Terms Ownership of a corporation indicated by shares, which represent a piece of the… …

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  • 83Stock — Ownership of a corporation which is represented by shares which represent a piece of the corporation s assets and earnings. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * ▪ I. stock stock 1 [stɒk ǁ stɑːk] noun 1. [countable, uncountable] especially… …

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  • 84lag — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Lag is used after these nouns: ↑time {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb ADVERB ▪ badly, seriously, well ▪ behind ▪ She did well in her fir …

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  • 85compliment — 1 noun (C) 1 a remark that expresses admiration of someone or something: You have lovely hair , Bob told Emma, who blushed at the compliment. | Maria s used to receiving compliments on her appearance. | pay sb a compliment (=tell someone that… …

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  • 86practice — noun 1 A SKILL a) (U) regular activity that you do in order to improve a skill: It takes hours of practice to learn to play the guitar. | With a little more practice you should be able to pass your test. b) (C) a period of time you spend training …

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  • 87practise — (BrE) (AmE practice) verb 1 to train regularly to improve ADVERB ▪ diligently, hard ▪ She diligently practised her piano every day. ▪ regularly PREPOSITION …

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  • 88team — team1 W1S1 [ti:m] n [: Old English; Origin: young of an animal, group of animals pulling something ] 1.) a group of people who play a game or sport together against another group football/basketball etc team ▪ Tim plays for the national… …

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  • 89slot — slot1 [slɔt US sla:t] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: esclot hollow place in the bone in the middle of the chest ] 1.) a long narrow hole in a surface, that you can put something into ▪ Alan dropped another quarter into the slot on the… …

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  • 90scare — 1 verb 1 (T) to make someone feel frightened: Ignore him, he s just trying to scare us. | scare the hell/life/shit out of sb (=scare someone very much): You scared the hell out of me jumping out like that! 2 (I) to become frightened: I don t… …

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