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  • 121sleep — [[t]sli͟ːp[/t]] ♦♦ sleeps, sleeping, slept 1) N UNCOUNT Sleep is the natural state of rest in which your eyes are closed, your body is inactive, and your mind does not think. They were exhausted from lack of sleep... Try and get some sleep... Be… …

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  • 122sleep*/*/*/ — [sliːp] (past tense and past participle slept [slept] ) verb I 1) to go into a natural state in which your body rests and you are unconscious, especially for several hours at night The baby usually sleeps in the afternoon.[/ex] ‘Did you sleep… …

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  • 123Sleep No More (album) — Infobox Album Name = Sleep No More Type = studio Longtype = Artist = Comsat Angels Released = September, 1981 Recorded = Genre = Post punk Length = 38:19 (LP) Label = Polydor Producer = Peter Wilson and The Comsat Angels Reviews = *Allmusic… …

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  • 124sleep — [[t]slip[/t]] v. slept, sleep•ing, n. 1) phl to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; to cease being awake 2) bot Bot. to assume, esp. at night, a… …

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  • 125sleep — I. noun Etymology: Middle English slepe, from Old English slǣp; akin to Old High German slāf sleep and perhaps to Latin labi to slip, slide Date: before 12th century 1. the natural periodic suspension of consciousness during which the powers of… …

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  • 126Sleep Now in the Fire — Infobox Single Name = Sleep Now in the Fire Artist = Rage Against the Machine from Album = The Battle of Los Angeles Released = 2000 Recorded = 1998 Format = CD Genre = Alternative metal, rap metal Length = 03:25 Label = Epic Records [ Writer = ] …

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  • 127sleep — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. slumber, somnolence, nap, doze, drowse, rest, repose; coma; hypnosis. v. i. slumber, repose, doze, nap; be dead or dormant. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. slumber, doze, nap, rest, repose, sound sleep, deep… …

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  • 128sleep doula — n. A caregiver who teaches new parents how to get their child to sleep longer at night. Example Citations: Tracey Ruiz, 36, is a Toronto sleep doula, which means she does house calls and teaches parents how to get baby to go to sleep. Parents… …

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