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  • 111Coming Up for Air — For other uses, see Coming Up for Air (disambiguation). Coming Up for Air   …

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  • 112for example — adverb as an example (Freq. 63) take ribbon snakes, for example • Syn: ↑for instance, ↑e.g. * * * FOR INSTANCE, e.g., by way of illustration, such as, as, like; in particular, namely …

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  • 113word-splitting — noun making too fine distinctions of little importance they didn t take his hairsplitting seriously • Syn: ↑hairsplitting • Derivationally related forms: ↑hairsplitting (for: ↑hairsplitting) • …

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  • 114For good — Good Good, a. [Compar. {Better}; superl. {Best}. These words, though used as the comparative and superlative of good, are from a different root.] [AS. G[=o]d, akin to D. goed, OS. g[=o]d, OHG. guot, G. gut, Icel. g[=o][eth]r, Sw. & Dan. god, Goth …

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  • 115For good and all — Good Good, a. [Compar. {Better}; superl. {Best}. These words, though used as the comparative and superlative of good, are from a different root.] [AS. G[=o]d, akin to D. goed, OS. g[=o]d, OHG. guot, G. gut, Icel. g[=o][eth]r, Sw. & Dan. god, Goth …

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  • 116For effect — Effect Ef*fect , n. [L. effectus, fr. efficere, effectum, to effect; ex + facere to make: cf. F. effet, formerly also spelled effect. See {Fact}.] 1. Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May. [1913… …

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  • 117take off — verb a) To remove. He took off his shoes. b) To imitate, often in a satirical manner. The test grader takes off a point for every misspelled word. Syn: doff …

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  • 118Inherently funny word — The belief that certain words are inherently funny, for reasons ranging from onomatopoeia to phonosemantics to sexual innuendo, is widespread among people who work in humor.Fact|date=September 2008 Cultural variation The concept of inherent humor …

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  • 119Microsoft Word — Microsoft Office Word Microsoft Office Word 2010 on Windows 7 …

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  • 120Alternative words for British — There are many alternative ways to describe the people of the United Kingdom (UK), though the official designated nationality is British. The standard noun is Briton (see also demonym), but in colloquial usage this is often abbreviated informally …

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