to leave sth to one side

  • 71fly — 1 verb past tense flew past participle flown PLANE 1 (I) to travel by plane: You can fly direct from London to Tokyo in under 12 hours now. | fly on (=continue flying to another place): The first stop is San Francisco, and from there we re flying …

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  • 72head — 1 /hed/ noun TOP OF BODY 1 (C) the top part of your body which has your eyes, mouth, brain etc in it: My head aches. | He turned his head and looked at me. | severe head injuries 2 from head to foot/toe over your whole body: He was shaking from… …

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  • 73off — 1 adverb, adjective (not before noun) 1 away or from where something is: Travis got into his car and drove off. | Suddenly they turned off and parked in a side road. | be off (=to leave): We re off now. Thanks for the meal! | be off to (=to go to …

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  • 74pain — 1 /peIn/ noun 1 PHYSICAL (C, U) the feeling you have when part of your body hurts: be in pain (=having a pain in part of your body): Take these tablets if you re in pain. | feel pain: We ve given him an anaesthetic so he shouldn t feel any pain.… …

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  • 75wall — 1 noun (C) 1 AROUND AN AREA an upright flat structure made of stone or brick, that divides one area from another: The garden was surrounded by a high brick wall. 2 IN A BUILDING one of the sides of a room or building: We decided to paint the… …

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  • 76left — left1 W1S1 [left] adj [only before noun] [: Old English; Origin: weak ] 1.) your left side is the side of your body that contains your heart ≠ ↑right ▪ She held out her left hand. ▪ a scar on the left side of his face 2.) on the same side of… …

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  • 77well — 1 /wel/ adverb comparative better superlative best 1 SATISFACTORILY in a successful or satisfactory way: Did you sleep well? | James reads well for his age. | fairly/moderately/pretty well (=quite well) | go well (=happen in the way you planned… …

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  • 78Plus — Dealers in government bonds normally give price quotes in 32nds. To quote a bid or offer in 64ths, they use pluses; a dealer who bids 4+ is bidding the handle plus 4/32 + 1/64, which equals the handle plus 9/64. The New York Times Financial… …

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  • 79plus — An informal term for 1/64. Half of 1/32, the smallest increment commonly used to quote the price of an agency security. For example, a quoted price of 101 and 5/32 plus is equivalent to 101 and 11/64ths. American Banker Glossary Used to quote a… …

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  • 80room — room1 W1S1 [ru:m, rum] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(in a building)¦ 2¦(space)¦ 3¦(opportunity/possibility)¦ 4 there s room for improvement 5 there s not enough room to swing a cat 6¦(apartment)¦ 7¦(people)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: rum] …

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