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  • 41step on it — informal if we don t step on it we ll miss the boat Syn: hurry up, get a move on, speed up, go faster, be quick; informal get cracking, get moving, step on the gas; dated make haste …

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  • 42gas —  1. n. Vapid talk.  2. Petrol.  3. v. Talk idly.  4. a gas Fun. An amusing situation.  5. step on the gas Go more quickly.  6. gas and gaiters Nonsense …

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  • 43Step on it! — British, American & Australian, informal, American & Australian, informal something that you say to someone when you want them to drive more quickly. Step on the gas, will you, we have to be there in five minutes! …

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  • 49The Law of Conservation of Energy —     The Law of Conservation of Energy     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Law of Conservation of Energy     Amongst the gravest objections raised by the progress of modern science against Theism, the possibility of Miracles, free will, the… …

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  • 50Gas pycnometer — A gas pycnometer, a type of pycnometer, is a laboratory device used for measuring the density or more accurately the volume of solids, be they regularly shaped, porous or non porous, monolithic, powdered, granular or in some way comminuted,… …

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