to swear to sth

  • 41honour — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} (BrE) (AmE honor) noun 1 sth that makes you feel proud ADJECTIVE ▪ great, rare, special, tremendous ▪ Eastlake Studio received top honours in the interior design category. ▪ …

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  • 42mouth — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, cavernous, enormous, huge, large, wide ▪ small, tiny ▪ …

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  • 43adjure — ad|jure [əˈdʒuə US əˈdʒur] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: adjurare, from ad to + jurare to swear ] formal to order or try to persuade someone to do something adjure sb to do sth ▪ Gwen adjured him to be truthful …

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  • 44dirty — dirt|y1 W3S2 [ˈdə:ti US ˈdə:r ] adj comparative dirtier superlative dirtiest ↑clean, ↑dirty ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not clean)¦ 2¦(sex)¦ 3¦(bad/immoral)¦ 4 something is a dirty word 5 give somebody a dirty look 6 dirty trick …

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  • 45god — [gɔd US ga:d] n [: Old English;] 1.) God the spirit or ↑being who Christians, Jews, Muslims etc pray to, and who they believe created the universe ▪ Most Americans still believe in God . ▪ Nothing could shake his belief in God . ▪ He thought it… …

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  • 46jury — ju|ry [ˈdʒuəri US ˈdʒuri] n plural juries [Date: 1300 1400; : Anglo French; Origin: juree, from Old French jurer to swear , from Latin jus; JUST2] 1.) a group of 12 ordinary people who listen to the details of a case in court and decide whether… …

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  • 47edit — verb 1 (I, T) to prepare a book, piece of film etc for printing or broadcasting by deciding what to include, and making sure there are no mistakes: hours and hours spent editing text 2 (T) to work as the editor of a newspaper, magazine etc: She… …

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  • 48relief map — noun (C) a map with the mountains and high parts shown differently from the low parts, especially by being printed in a different colour relieve /rI li:v/ verb (T) 1 PAIN/PROBLEM to make a pain, problem, unpleasant feeling less severe: Drugs… …

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  • 49that does it — spoken phrase used for saying that someone or something that has been annoying you has finally made you so angry that you will do something That does it! I’m calling the police. Thesaurus: expressions showing anger and used in argumentshyponym… …

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  • 50darn it! — ˈdarn it! idiom (informal, especially NAmE) used as a mild swear word to show that you are angry or annoyed about sth, to avoid saying ‘ damn ’ • Darn it! I ve lost my keys! …

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