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  • 11grate — I v 1. irritate, aggravate, exasperate, exacerbate, rub the wrong way; annoy, vex, irk, peeve, gall, nettle; wear on, weary, fatigue, fatigate, tire; tax, strain, burden. 2. rasp, grit, gride, scrape, clank, jangle; screech, creak, screak, shrill …

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  • 12List of creatures in the Half-Life series — The following is a list of creatures from the Half Life universe.Creatures from XenXen is where the majority of the aliens in Valve s Half Life series originate.VortigauntGargantuaThe Gargantua, nicknamed Garg , is mostly blue in color, has a… …

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  • 13Creatures in the Half-Life series — The following is a list of creatures in the Half Life series. Half Life is a science fiction first person shooter computer game series which consists of two full games, two episodic games, and three third party made expansions, as well as a… …

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  • 14To be on the rack — Rack Rack, n. [Probably fr. D. rek, rekbank, a rack, rekken to stretch; akin to G. reck, reckbank, a rack, recken to stretch, Dan. r[ae]kke, Sw. r[ a]cka, Icel. rekja to spread out, Goth. refrakjan to stretch out; cf. L. porrigere, Gr. ore gein.… …

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  • 15To put to the rack — Rack Rack, n. [Probably fr. D. rek, rekbank, a rack, rekken to stretch; akin to G. reck, reckbank, a rack, recken to stretch, Dan. r[ae]kke, Sw. r[ a]cka, Icel. rekja to spread out, Goth. refrakjan to stretch out; cf. L. porrigere, Gr. ore gein.… …

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  • 16set your teeth on edge — Meaning Origin From Shakespeare s Henry IV. HOTSPUR: Marry, And I am glad of it with all my heart: I had rather be a kitten and cry mew Than one of these same metre ballad mongers; I had rather hear a brazen canstick turn d, Or a dry wheel grate… …

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  • 17grat´er — grate1 «grayt», noun, verb, grat|ed, grat|ing. –n. 1. a framework of iron bars to hold burning fuel in a furnace or fireplace: »Many of the small hot coals fell through the grate. 2. = fireplace. (Cf. ↑ …

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  • 18Gnash —    Heb. harak, meaning to grate the teeth , (Job 16:9; Ps. 112:10; Lam. 2:16), denotes rage or sorrow. (See also Acts 7:54; Mark 9:18.) …

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  • 19Stridor — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Harsh sounds. < N PARAG:Stridor >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 creak creak &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 creaking creaking &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 discord discord &c. 414 Sgm: N 1 stridor stridor …

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  • 20grind — [c]/graɪnd / (say gruynd) verb (ground or, Rare, grinded, grinding) –verb (t) 1. to wear, smooth, or sharpen by friction; whet: to grind a lens; to grind an axe. 2. to reduce to fine particles as by pounding or crushing; bray, triturate, or… …