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  • 11look a picture — be/look/a picture informal phrase to look beautiful, interesting, or funny You should have seen her face when she told him: it was an absolute picture! Thesaurus: to be or look attractivesynonym beautiful …

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  • 12Picture book — A picture book is a popular form of illustrated literature mdash;more precisely, a book with comparatively few words and at least one picture on each of its openings mdash;popularized in the 20th century Western world. The illustrations in… …

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  • 13picture — I UK [ˈpɪktʃə(r)] / US [ˈpɪktʃər] noun Word forms picture : singular picture plural pictures *** Talking or writing about pictures: painting a picture that is made using paints drawing a picture that is made using a pen or pencils sketch a… …

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  • 14picture — pic|ture1 [ pıktʃər ] noun *** 1. ) count a drawing, painting, or photograph: I noticed a picture on the dining room wall. a children s book with bright colorful pictures picture of: She showed me a picture of the house where she was born. a… …

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  • 15picture — [[t]pɪ̱ktʃə(r)[/t]] ♦♦ pictures, picturing, pictured 1) N COUNT A picture consists of lines and shapes which are drawn, painted, or printed on a surface and show a person, thing, or scene. A picture of Rory O Moore hangs in the dining room at… …

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  • 16Picture Book (album) — Infobox Album Name = Picture Book Type = Album Artist = Simply Red Cover size = Caption = Released = 1985 Recorded = Soundpush Studios in Blaricum, Holland and RAK Studios in London Genre = Rock, Blue eyed soul Length = 44:21 Label = Elektra… …

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  • 17Look magazine —    In the spring of 1945, still in high school and not yet 17 years old, STANLEY KUBRICK sold a photograph to Look magazine. Shot on April 12, it depicted a despondent New York City newsstand vendor, surrounded by headlines carrying the sad news… …

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  • 18picture — noun 1》 a painting, drawing, or photograph.     ↘a portrait.     ↘an image on a television screen. 2》 an impression formed from an account or description: a full picture of the disaster had not yet emerged.     ↘(often in phr. in (or out of) the… …

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  • 19look the picture of health —    To look the picture of health means to look extremely healthy.     Nice to see you again Mr. Brown. I must say you look the picture of health …

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  • 20picture — pic|ture1 W1S1 [ˈpıktʃə US ər] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(painting/drawing)¦ 2¦(photograph)¦ 3¦(television)¦ 4¦(description/idea)¦ 5¦(situation)¦ 6¦(mental image)¦ 7 put/keep somebody in the picture 8 get the picture 9 out of the picture …

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