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  • 71weave — 1 verb past tense wove past participle woven 1 CLOTH (I, T) to make threads into cloth by crossing them under and over each other on a loom 1, or to make cloth in this way: hand woven scarves 2 MAKE STH (T) to make something by twisting pieces of …

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  • 72wind — 1 /wInd/ noun 1 AIR (C, U) moving air, especially when it moves strongly or quickly in a current: a 70 mile an hour wind | branches swaying in the wind | the wind blows: A gentle wind was blowing through the trees. | strong/high winds: The… …

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  • 73significant — adj. VERBS ▪ be, prove ▪ become ▪ remain ▪ consider sth (as), deem sth, find sth, regard sth as …

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  • 74slide — 1 verb past tense and past participle slid, 1 (I, T) to move smoothly over a surface while continuing to touch it, or to make something move in this way (+ along/across/down etc): The kids were sliding on the ice. | slide sth across/along etc:… …

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  • 75guide — ▪ I. guide guide 1 [gaɪd] noun [countable] 1. something that provides you with information, figures etc on which you can base your judgement or method of doing something: • The key US and foreign annual interest rates below are a guide to general …

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  • 76important — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem, sound ▪ Someone left a message for you it sounded important. ▪ become ▪ remain ▪ …

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  • 77fast — fast1 W3S2 [fa:st US fæst] adv ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(moving quickly)¦ 2¦(in a short time)¦ 3 fast asleep 4 be stuck/held fast 5 be getting/be going nowhere fast 6 not so fast 7 fast by something ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(MOVING QUICKLY)¦ moving quickly …

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  • 78right — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 what is morally good PREPOSITION ▪ in the right (= having justice and truth on your side) ▪ There s no doubt that he s in the right on this. PHRASES ▪ have right on your side (esp. BrE) …

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  • 79send*/*/*/ — [send] (past tense and past participle sent [sent] ) verb [T] 1) to arrange for something such as a letter or email to be delivered to someone in another place I sent the letters yesterday, so they should arrive today.[/ex] Send me an email when… …

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  • 80crank — crank1 [kræŋk] n [: Old English; Origin: cranc] 1.) a handle on a piece of equipment, that you can turn in order to move something 2.) informal someone who has unusual ideas and behaves strangely ▪ Zoff was originally dismissed as a crank, but… …

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