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  • 41law — noun 1 official rule/rules ⇨ See also ↑martial law ADJECTIVE ▪ administrative, case, civil, common, constitutional, criminal, statute, etc …

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  • 42Edinburgh — For other uses, see Edinburgh (disambiguation). City of Edinburgh Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann Scots: Edinburgh   Unitary Authority City   City of Edinburgh …

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  • 43idea — noun 1 plan/suggestion ADJECTIVE ▪ bright, brilliant, clever, excellent, good, great, marvellous/marvelous, nice, wonderful ▪ …

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  • 44manner — noun 1 way of doing sth/behaving ADJECTIVE ▪ conventional, normal, standard, traditional, usual ▪ correct, proper ▪ You are not approaching the proble …

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  • 45hear — verb past tense and past participle heard /h:d/ 1 HEAR SOUNDS/WORDS ETC (intransitive, transitive not in progressive) to know that a sound is being made, using your ears: Did you hear that noise? | I called his name, but he pretended not to hear …

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  • 46chance — chance1 W1S1 [tʃa:ns US tʃæns] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(possibility)¦ 2¦(opportunity)¦ 3¦(risk)¦ 4¦(likely to succeed)¦ 5¦(luck)¦ 6 stand/have a chance (of something/of doing something) 7 by any chance 8 any chance of ...? 9 be in with a chance …

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  • 47who — W1S1 [hu:] pron [: Old English; Origin: hwa] 1.) used to ask or talk about which person is involved, or what the name of a person is ▪ Who locked the door? ▪ Who do you work for? ▪ Who s that guy with your wife? ▪ They never found out who the… …

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  • 48word — 1 noun LANGUAGE/STH YOU SAY OR WRITE 1 (C) the smallest unit of language that people can understand if it is said or written on its own: Write an essay of about five hundred words. | There were a lot of words in the film I couldn t understand. |… …

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  • 49measure — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 official action to deal with a problem ADJECTIVE ▪ appropriate, effective, necessary, practical ▪ We urge you to adopt all necessary measures to guarantee people s safety. ▪ key …

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  • 50scheme — [skiːm] noun [countable] 1. an official plan or arrangement that is intended to help people in some way: • a government training scheme for the unemployed 2. FINANCE an arrangement in which the government or an employer provides financial help to …

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