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  • 61jack — 1 noun (C) 1 TOOL FOR LIFTING a piece of equipment used to lift a heavy weight off the ground, such as a car, and support it while it is in the air: a hydraulic jack 2 CARD GAMES a card used in card games that has a man s picture on it and is… …

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  • 62year — noun 1 period of 12 months; period from January till December ADJECTIVE ▪ last, past ▪ The chart shows our performance over the past year. ▪ past, preceding, previous, recent …

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  • 63special — spe|cial1 W1S1 [ˈspeʃəl] adj [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: especial, from Latin specialis particular , from species; SPECIES] 1.) not ordinary or usual, but different in some way and often better or more important ▪ a special place in… …

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  • 64thrust — thrust1 [θrʌst] v past tense and past participle thrust [Date: 1100 1200; : Old Norse; Origin: thrysta] 1.) [T always + adverb/preposition] to push something somewhere roughly ▪ She thrust a letter into my hand. ▪ He thrust me roughly towards the …

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  • 65fat — fat1 W3S2 [fæt] adj comparative fatter superlative fattest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(flesh)¦ 2¦(object)¦ 3¦(money)¦ 4 fat chance 5 (a) fat lot of good/use 6 fat cat 7 in fat city 8 grow fat on something …

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