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  • 31go fly a kite — {v. phr.}, {slang} To go away; leave. Usually used as a command, to show that you do not accept someone s ideas. * /Harry was tired of John s advice and told him to go fly a kite./ * /After Mary stood around telling Sue what was wrong with her… …

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  • 32The Case of the Gilded Fly — Cover of a 1980 Avon paperback edition The Case of the Gilded Fly is a detective novel by Edmund Crispin first published in 1944. Crispin s debut novel, it contains the first appearance of eccentric amateur sleuth Gervase Fen, who is Professor of …

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  • 33go\ fly\ a\ kite — v. phr. slang To go away; leave. Usually used as a command, to show that you do not accept someone s ideas. Harry was tired of John s advice and told him to go fly a kite. After Mary stood around telling Sue what was wrong with her dress. Sue… …

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  • 34adjust your dress —    to do up the fasteners on your trousers    Once fly buttons, now zips. Still sometimes seen in the admonition in public lavatories for males: Please adjust your dress before leaving …

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  • 35Cheese fly — Cheese Cheese (ch[=e]z), n. [OE. chese, AS. c[=e]se, fr. L. caseus, LL. casius. Cf. {Casein}.] 1. The curd of milk, coagulated usually with rennet, separated from the whey, and pressed into a solid mass in a hoop or mold. [1913 Webster] 2. A mass …

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  • 36dub — I. /dʌb / (say dub) verb (t) (dubbed, dubbing) 1. to strike lightly with a sword in the ceremony of conferring knighthood; make, or designate as, a knight: the king dubbed him knight. 2. to invest with any dignity or title; style; name; call:… …

  • 37zipper — ☆ zipper [zip′ər ] n. 1. a person or thing that zips 2. a device used to fasten and unfasten two adjoining edges of material, as on the placket of a dress, the fly of a pair of trousers, etc.: it consists of two rows of tiny interlocking tabs… …

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  • 38Recreational boat fishing — Fly fishing from a dinghy Recreational fishermen usually fish either from a boat or from a shoreline or river bank. When fishing from a boat, or fishing vessel, pretty much any fishing technique can be used, from nets to fish traps, but some …

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  • 39Clow Cards — The nihongo|Clow Cards|クロウカード|Kurō Kādo| are fictional magical cards used in the manga and anime series Cardcaptor Sakura . In the manga series, there are nineteen cards specifically named, while the anime series has fifty three (fifty two in the …

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  • 40Briefs — Front and rear view of traditional men s briefs. Man w …

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