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  • 101wedge — /wɛdʒ / (say wej) noun 1. a device (one of the so called simple machines) consisting of a piece of hard material with two principal faces meeting in a sharply acute angle. 2. a piece of anything of this shape: a wedge of pie; a cheese wedge. 3.… …

  • 102gel-1 —     gel 1     English meaning: “to curl; round, *gland, growth, ball, fathom, arm”     Deutsche Übersetzung: “ballen, sich ballen; Gerundetes, Kugeliges” etc     Material: evidence for the unadjusted root form are seldom and partly very doubtful …

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  • 103fasten — [fas′ən, fäs′ən] vt. [ME fastnen < OE fæstnian < base of fæst: see FAST1] 1. to join (one thing to another); attach; connect 2. to make fast or secure, as by locking, shutting, buttoning, etc.; fix firmly in place 3. to hold, fix, or direct …

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  • 104predicament — [prē dik′ə mənt, pridik′ə mənt] n. [ME < LL(Ec) praedicamentum < L praedicare: see PREACH] 1. a condition or situation, now specif. one that is difficult, unpleasant, embarrassing, or, sometimes, comical 2. Archaic CATEGORY (sense 2) SYN.… …

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  • 105gear up — verb make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc Get the children ready for school! prepare for war I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill • Syn: ↑fix, ↑prepare, ↑set up, ↑ready …

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  • 106es|tab´lish|er — es|tab|lish «ehs TAB lihsh», transitive verb. 1. to set up on a firm or lasting basis: »to establish a government or a business. The English established colonies in America. SYNONYM(S): found, institute. See syn. under fix. (Cf. ↑fix) 2. a) to… …

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  • 107es|tab|lish — «ehs TAB lihsh», transitive verb. 1. to set up on a firm or lasting basis: »to establish a government or a business. The English established colonies in America. SYNONYM(S): found, institute. See syn. under fix. (Cf. ↑fix) 2. a) to settle in a… …

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  • 108BUSINESS ETHICS — The Role of Wealth Any discussion of business ethics, within any cultural or religious framework, requires at the very outset a definition of the role of material wealth, financial assets, and other forms of economic possessions. Furthermore,… …

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  • 109catch — I. verb (caught; catching) Etymology: Middle English cacchen, from Anglo French cacher, chacher, chacer to hunt, from Vulgar Latin *captiare, alteration of Latin captare to chase, frequentative of capere to take more at heave Date: 13th century… …

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  • 110Lesbian — This article is about the sexual orientation. For other uses, see Lesbian (disambiguation) …

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