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31weight — [[t]we͟ɪt[/t]] ♦♦ weights, weighting, weighted 1) N VAR: oft amount in N, with poss, N of amount The weight of a person or thing is how heavy they are, measured in units such as kilograms, pounds, or tons. What is your height and weight?... This… …
32throw — [[t]θro͟ʊ[/t]] ♦♦ throws, throwing, threw, thrown 1) VERB When you throw an object that you are holding, you move your hand or arm quickly and let go of the object, so that it moves through the air. [V n prep/adv] He spent hours throwing a tennis …
33Javelin throw — Bregje Crolla during Europacup 2007 …
34Discus throw — Discus redirects here. For other uses, see Discus (disambiguation). Modern copy of the Diskophoros, attributed to Alkamenes The discus throw (   …
35George Anson's voyage around the world — While Great Britain was at war with Spain in 1740, Commodore George Anson led a squadron of eight ships on a mission to disrupt or capture Spain s Pacific possessions. Returning to England in 1744 by way of China and thus completing a… …
36hammer throw — hammer thrower. Track. a field event in which the hammer is thrown for distance. * * * Athletic event in which a hammer is thrown for distance. The hammer consists of a 16 lb (7.26 kg) metal ball attached to a spring steel wire handle that… …
37authority — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. expert, pundit, know it all (inf.), maven (inf.). See skill, knowledge, authority. II Right to govern Nouns 1. (supremacy) authority, power, right, jurisdiction, title, prerogative; …
38influence — n 1. power, potency, force, strength, pressure; effect, impact, weight, clout; control, sway, mastery, hold; guidance, leadership, direction, reign, rule; domination, authority, ascendancy, prevalence, predominance, supremacy. 2. good offices,… …
39lord it over someone — in our schooldays, you used to lord it over us Syn: order about/around, dictate to, domineer, ride roughshod over, pull rank on, tyrannize, have under one s thumb; informal boss around, walk all over, push around; throw one s weight around …
40dictate — 1. verb 1) the president s attempts to dictate policy Syn: prescribe, lay down, impose, set down, order, command, decree, ordain, direct, determine, decide, control, govern 2) you are in no position to dictate to me …
