yawning gap

  • 1gap — noun 1 space between things ADJECTIVE ▪ big, huge, large, wide ▪ narrow, small, tiny VERB + GAP ▪ …

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  • 2yawning — adj. Yawning is used with these nouns: ↑chasm, ↑gap, ↑gulf, ↑hole …

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  • 3yawn — yawn1 [jo:n US jo:n] v [: Old English; Origin: geonian] 1.) to open your mouth wide and breathe in deeply because you are tired or bored ▪ Alan stretched and yawned. 2.) yawning gap/gulf/chasm (between sth) a very large difference between two… …

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  • 4yawn — 1 verb (I) 1 to open your mouth wide and breathe in deeply, usually because you are tired, or bored: The boy stretched and yawned. 2 to be or become wide open: a yawning hole (+ open): The pit yawned open in front of them. | yawning gap/gulf: the …

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  • 5Ymir — For other uses, see Ymir (disambiguation). Ymir Ymir is killed by the sons of Borr in this artwork by Lorenz Frølich Founder of the race of frost giants …

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  • 6Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …

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  • 7yawn·ing — /ˈjɑːnıŋ/ adj : very large or wide open There was a yawning [=gaping] hole in the wall. There is a yawning gap between rich and poor. [=the difference between how much money rich people have and poor people have is very great] …

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  • 8Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …

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  • 9World War II — the war between the Axis and the Allies, beginning on September 1, 1939, with the German invasion of Poland and ending with the surrender of Germany on May 8, 1945, and of Japan on August 14, 1945. Abbr.: WWII * * * or Second World War (1939–45)… …

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  • 10New Orleans — The Big Easy and NOLA redirect here. For other uses, see The Big Easy (disambiguation) and NOLA (disambiguation). This article is about the city. For other uses, see New Orleans (disambiguation). City of New Orleans Ville de La Nou …

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