to take (someone) at one's word

  • 121Chinese languages — or Sinitic languages Family of languages comprising one of the two branches of Sino Tibetan. They are spoken by about 95% of the inhabitants of China and by many communities of Chinese immigrants elsewhere. Linguists regard the major dialect… …

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  • 122List of The League of Gentlemen characters — This article contains a list of the numerous characters featured in various media by the British comedy troupe known as The League of Gentlemen. All of the characters were created by the troupe, who are Jeremy Dyson, Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton… …

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  • 123change — change1 W1S1 [tʃeındʒ] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(become different/make something different)¦ 2¦(start doing/using something different)¦ 3¦(replace something)¦ 4 change your mind 5 change sides 6¦(clothes)¦ 7¦(bed)¦ 8¦(exchange goods)¦ 9¦(exchange money)¦ …

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  • 124care */*/*/ — I UK [keə(r)] / US [ker] noun Word forms care : singular care plural cares 1) [uncountable] effort and attention I can see that a lot of care has gone into your work. with care: The label on the box said Handle with care . great/special/extra… …

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  • 125List of Smart Guy episodes — The following is a list of episodes for the The WB situation comedy Smart Guy. In total, there were 51 episodes of the show shot over the course of its three season run, from April 2, 1997 to May 16, 1999. Contents 1 Series overview 2 Season 1:… …

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  • 126Rough for Radio II — is a radio play by Samuel Beckett. It was written in French in 1961 as Pochade radiophonique and published in Minuit 16, November 1975. Beckett translated the work into English shortly before its broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 13th April 1976.… …

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  • 127Papuan languages — Group of about 750 languages spoken by indigenous peoples of New Guinea and parts of some neighbouring islands, including Alor, Bougainville, Halmahera, New Britain, New Ireland, and Timor. Spoken by perhaps five million people, Papuan languages… …

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  • 128Hume: moral and political philosophy — Rosalind Hursthouse INTRODUCTION Hume’s moral and political philosophy, like his epistemology and meta physics, originally appeared in A Treatise of Human Nature, (henceforth [7.1]), Book III of which, ‘Of Morals’, was published in 1740. He… …

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