to surpass or excel oneself

  • 11top — top1 /top/, n., adj., v., topped, topping. n. 1. the highest or loftiest point or part of anything; apex; summit. 2. the uppermost or upper part, surface, etc., of anything. 3. the higher end of anything on a slope. 4. Brit. a. a part considered… …

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  • 12Valse à deux temps — Valse à deux temps, waltz à deux temps ( waltz in two beats ), also Valse à deux pas ( waltz of two steps ) or Valse Russe ( Russian waltz ) (Russian name: вальс в два па ) was a waltz of Russian origin introduced in France in mid 19th century. A …

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  • 13Political career of Marcus Tullius Cicero — Infobox Writer name = Marcus Tullius Cicero |200px caption = Marcus Tullius Cicero birthdate = January 3, 106 BC birthplace = Arpinum, Italy deathdate = December 7, 43 BC deathplace = Formia, Italy occupation = Politician, lawyer, orator and… …

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  • 14United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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  • 15head — n 1. skull, cranium, cephalon, brainpan, poll, pate, Inf. sconce, Archaic. mazard, Archaic. costard; All Inf. upstairs, upper story, belfry, noggin, dome; All Sl. bean, nut, nob, noodle, noddle, crumpet, gourd, conk. 2. intellect, mind,… …

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  • 16pass — v 1. go by, move past, flow, roll, run, stream, course; glide, slide, sweep, drift; proceed, progress, advance, gain ground; move onward, work one s way, wend one s way; run along, hie, hasten, make haste, hurry along, jog along, rush, zip, fly,… …

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  • 17shame — n 1. disgrace, dishonor, reproach, degradation, illrepute, bad repute, scandal; baseness, turpitude, debasement, vitiation, ingloriousness; ignominy, infamy, odium, opprobrium, condemnation; slur, imputation, aspersion, defamation, denigration,… …

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  • 18top — I. /tɒp / (say top) noun 1. the highest point or part of anything; the apex; the summit. 2. the uppermost or upper part, surface, etc., of anything. 3. the higher end of anything on a slope. 4. a part considered as higher: the top of a street. 5 …

  • 19lick — v. & n. v.tr. & intr. 1 tr. pass the tongue over, esp. to taste, moisten, or (of animals) clean. 2 tr. bring into a specified condition or position by licking (licked it all up; licked it clean). 3 a tr. (of a flame, waves, etc.) touch; play… …

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