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  • 1sit — /sIt/ verb past tense and past participle sat present participle sitting 1 IN A CHAIR ETC a) (I) to be on a chair or seat, or on the ground, with the top half of your body upright and your weight resting on your buttocks (+on/in/by etc): sitting… …

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  • 2sit — W1S1 [sıt] v past tense and past participle sat [sæt] present participle sitting ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(in a chair etc)¦ 2¦(objects/buildings etc)¦ 3¦(do nothing)¦ 4¦(committee/parliament etc)¦ 5¦(meeting)¦ 6¦(animal/bird)¦ 7¦(look after)¦ …

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  • 3Armchair architecture — is generally any architectural design prepared by a person who is interested in architecture but is not a professional architect. An armchair architect is a person who claims to speak authoritatively about or dabbles in architecture but who is… …

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  • 4armchair — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, deep, large ▪ comfortable, comfy (informal) ▪ plush ▪ old …

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  • 5sit in — phr verb Sit in is used with these nouns as the object: ↑armchair, ↑chair, ↑parliament, ↑place, ↑traffic jam …

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  • 6chair - armchair — A chair is a piece of furniture for one person to sit on, with a support for the person s back. When a chair is a very simple one, you say that someone sits on it. Anne was sitting on an upright chair. Sit on this chair, please. When a chair is a …

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  • 7on — prep. 1) to have smt. on smb. ( to have evidence against smb. ) 2) the fire went out on me ( the fire went out through no fault of mine ) 3) we were on to what was happening ( we were aware of what was happening ) 4) well on in years ( rather old …

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  • 8in — I adv. (colloq.) 1) in for ( facing ) (they are in for trouble) 2) in with ( on intimate terms with ) (they are in with highly influential people) II n. (colloq.) influence to have an in with smb. III prep. in smb. to + inf. (it s not in me to… …

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  • 9Essence of Decision — Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis is an analysis, by political scientist Graham T. Allison, of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Allison used the crisis as a case study for future studies into governmental decision making. The book …

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  • 10Vera Renczi — (1903 unknown) was a Romanian serial killer who poisoned thirty five individuals including her husbands, lovers and one son with arsenic during the 1920s and 1930s. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A4197585 BBC.co.UK: Infamous Historical… …

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