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  • 81jitter — n 1. jitters nervousness, uneasiness, fear, trembling, shaking, quivering, quaking, Inf. the shakes; fidgetiness, perturbation, tension, restlessness, skittishness, Inf. fantods, Sl. willies, Sl. heebie jeebies, Sl. whim whams, Sl. jimjams, Inf.… …

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  • 82do — do1 [do͞o] vt. did, done, doing [ME & OE don, akin to Ger tun, OS duan < IE base * dhē , to put, place, set > Sans dadhāmi, Gr tithenai, to place, put, L dere (as in condere, to set down), facere, to do, make] 1. a) to execute; effect;… …

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  • 83The Sword of Conan — Infobox Book | name = The Sword of Conan title orig = translator = image caption = The Sword of Conan by Robert E. Howard, Gnome Press, 1952 author = Robert E. Howard illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series …

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  • 842007 Cannes Film Festival — The 2007 Cannes Film Festival, also known as the 60th Annual Cannes Film Festival, ran from May 16 to 27, 2007. Wong Kar Wai s My Blueberry Nights opened the festival, and Denys Arcand s The Age of Ignorance closed (Wong was the 2006 Cannes Film… …

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  • 85David di Donatello for Best Film — David di Donatello are Film Awards given by Italian Academy of Films, every year. Contents 1 1970 2 1971 3 1972 4 1973 5 1974 …

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  • 86onychophagia — onychophagist /on euh kof euh jist/, n. /on i koh fay jeuh, jee euh/, n. Psychiatry. the practice of biting one s nails, esp. when done habitually and as a symptom of emotional disturbance. [1895 1900; < Gk onycho (comb. form of ónyx nail, claw;&#8230; …

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  • 87Cut — An area of severed skin. Wash a cut or scrape it with soap and water, and keep it clean and dry. Putting alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, or iodine into a wound can delay healing, and should be avoided. Seek medical care if you think you might need&#8230; …

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  • 88claut — I Cleveland Dialect List to scratch with one s nails II North Country (Newcastle) Words to scratch or claw, to scrape together …

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  • 89phaneromania — habit of biting one’s nails Manias and Obsessions …

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  • 90pare — [[t]pɛər[/t]] v. t. 1) to cut off or trim the outer coating, layer, edge, or part of: to pare an apple; to pare one s nails[/ex] 2) to reduce or remove by or as if by cutting; diminish or decrease gradually (often fol. by down): to pare down&#8230; …

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