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  • 101address — [14] Address originally meant ‘straighten’. William Caxton, for example, here uses it for ‘stand up straight’: ‘The first day that he was washed and bathed he addressed him[self] right up in the basin’ Golden Legend 1483. This gives a clue to its …

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  • 102address — [14] Address originally meant ‘straighten’. William Caxton, for example, here uses it for ‘stand up straight’: ‘The first day that he was washed and bathed he addressed him[self] right up in the basin’ Golden Legend 1483. This gives a clue to its …

    Word origins

  • 103snap to attention — phrase when soldiers snap to attention, they bring their heels together fast and stand very straight Thesaurus: military training and exerciseshyponym Main entry: snap * * * snap to attention ◇ A soldier who snaps to attention moves quickly to a… …

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  • 104off balance — {adj. phr.} 1. Not in balance; not able to stand up straight and not fall; not able to keep from turning over or falling; unsteady. * /Never stand up in a canoe; it will get off balance and turn over./ * /Paul was speeding along on his bicycle,… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 105off balance — {adj. phr.} 1. Not in balance; not able to stand up straight and not fall; not able to keep from turning over or falling; unsteady. * /Never stand up in a canoe; it will get off balance and turn over./ * /Paul was speeding along on his bicycle,… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 106Connor (Angel) — Connor Angel character Connor s looks are noted to be handsome yet androgynous. First appearance Lullaby …

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  • 107Flattop — This article is about the hairstyle. For the Dick Tracy villain, Flattop Jones, see Flattop (Dick Tracy villain). For one of the many mountains, buttes, mesas, and hills of that name, see Flattop Mountain. For the type of ship sometimes called a… …

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  • 108IV (Godsmack album) — IV Studio album by Godsmack Released April 25, 2006 …

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  • 109NCR Century 100 — Logo The NCR Century 100 was NCR s first all integrated circuit computer.[1] The 615 100 Series integrated a complete data processing system had 16KB or 32KB of short rod memory, 80 column card reader or paper tape reader, two 5MB removable disc… …

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  • 110List of tallest people — This is a list of the tallest people, living and dead, in the world. People deemed tallest Tallest male #Robert Pershing Wadlow Confirmed tallest male and person by Guinness World Records at 8 11.1 (272 cm). Wadlow died July 15, 1940. [… …

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