to pinch oneself

  • 71touch — [n1] physical contact blow, brush, caress, collision, communication, contact, contingence, crash, cuddling, embrace, feel, feeling, fondling, graze, grope, handling, hit, hug, impact, junction, kiss, lick, manipulation, nudge, palpation, pat,… …

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  • 72trifle — [n1] novelty item bagatelle, bauble, bibelot, curio, gewgaw*, knickknack, nothing*, novelty, objet d’art, plaything, toy, trinket, triviality, whatnot*; concept 446 trifle [n2] very small amout bit, dash, diddly*, drop, eyelash*, fly speck*,… …

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  • 73bheid- —     bheid     English meaning: to prick, pierce     Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘spalten”     Material: O.Ind. bhinádmi (participle bhindánt = Lat. findēns, bhinná ḥ besides bhittá ḥ = Lat. fissus), bhē dümi ‘split, carve, rupture etc”, bhidyátē “… …

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  • 74gel-1 —     gel 1     English meaning: “to curl; round, *gland, growth, ball, fathom, arm”     Deutsche Übersetzung: “ballen, sich ballen; Gerundetes, Kugeliges” etc     Material: evidence for the unadjusted root form are seldom and partly very doubtful …

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  • 75(s)kerb(h)-, (s)kreb(h)-, nasalized (s)kremb- —     (s)kerb(h) , (s)kreb(h) , nasalized (s)kremb     English meaning: to turn, curve     Deutsche Übersetzung: “drehen, krũmmen; also especially sich zusammenkrũmmen, schrumpfen (also vor Hitze, Trockenheit), runzeln”     Note: extension to… …

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  • 76make off — verb run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along The thief made off with our silver the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe • Syn: ↑abscond, ↑bolt, ↑absquatulate, ↑decamp, ↑run off, ↑go off …

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  • 77stop — v. & n. v. (stopped, stopping) 1 tr. a put an end to (motion etc.); completely check the progress or motion or operation of. b effectively hinder or prevent (stopped them playing so loudly). c discontinue (an action or sequence of actions)… …

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