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101stoop — 1. noun a) A small porch, unroofed platform, or raised veranda leading to a main entrance. The workers made a stoop in front of the door. b) The threshold of ones doorway, a doorstep The old man walked …
102Consequential strangers — are personal connections other than family and close friends. Also known as peripheral or weak ties, they lie in the broad social territory between strangers and intimates (see Definition below). The term was coined by Purdue University professor …
103List of words having different meanings in British and American English: A–L — Differences between American and British English American English …
104fashion — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Prevailing mode Nouns 1. fashion, style, [bon] ton, society; good society, polite society; drawing room, civilized life, civilization; town; haut or beau monde, high life, court; world; haute couture,… …
105meet — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. encounter, intersect; oppose; greet, welcome; satisfy; refute; assemble, gather; contend. See agreement, assemblage, contact. adj. fitting. See expedience. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. fitting, apt,… …
106play — verb 1》 engage in games or other activities for enjoyment rather than for a serious or practical purpose. ↘amuse oneself by engaging in imaginative pretence. ↘(play with) treat inconsiderately for one s own amusement: she likes to play… …
107engage — v 1. occupy, employ, busy, engross, absorb; entertain, divert, amuse; hold, secure, tie up. 2. employ, hire, enlist, enroll, take on, Inf. take on board, bring aboard, put to work, put on the payroll; sign up, sign, retain, book, reserve;… …
108impound — v 1.(all usu. of animals) pen, pen in, shut up, cage, encage, coop up, rail, fence in; tie up, secure. 2. confine, enclose, contain, hold in, check, bound, limit; shut in, imprison, incarcerate, immure, wall up, hem in. 3. appropriate, take… …
109show — [shō] vt. showed, shown or showed, showing [ME schewen < OE sceawian, akin to Ger schauen, to look at < IE base * (s)keu , to notice, heed > L cavere, to beware, OE hieran, to HEAR] 1. to bring or put in sight or view; cause or allow to… …
110PENTATEUCH — This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction definition outline contents and structure the primeval history the patriarchs the exodus Sinai/Horeb Covenant and Laws the journey Moses Farewell the authors doublets and… …
