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  • 71fast — 1. adj. & adv. adj. 1 rapid, quick moving. 2 capable of high speed (a fast car). 3 enabling or causing or intended for high speed (a fast road; fast lane). 4 (of a clock etc.) showing a time ahead of the correct time. 5 (of a pitch or ground etc …

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  • 72bred-in-the-bone — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective 1. : very deeply inculcated : made in essential of an overall character his bred in the bone honesty the bred in the bone frugality of the peasantry 2. : marked by a quality, trait, or belief that is inveterate, deep …

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  • 73Wing Tsun — Infobox martial art logocaption = International WingTsun Association (IWTA) Logo logosize = imagecaption = imagesize = name = Wing Tsun Kung Fu aka = WingTsun Kung Fu focus = Strike country = flagicon|CHN China creator = Leung Ting parenthood =… …

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  • 74set — Ⅰ. set [1] ► VERB (setting; past and past part. set) 1) put, lay, or stand in a specified place or position. 2) put, bring, or place into a specified state. 3) cause or instruct (someone) to do something. 4) give someone (a task) …

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  • 75Trial and conviction of Alfred Dreyfus — The trial and conviction of Alfred Dreyfus was the event that instigated the Dreyfus Affair, a political scandal which divided France during the 1890s and early 1900s. It involved the wrongful conviction of Dreyfus, a Jewish military officer, for …

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  • 76Carsten Borchgrevink — Infobox person name = Carsten Egeborg Borchgrevink image size = 200px name = Carsten Egeborg Borchgrevink birth date = birth date|1864|12|1 birth place = Oslo, Norway death date = death date and age|1934|4|21|1864|12|1 death place = Oslo, Norway… …

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  • 77anchor — anchorable, adj. anchorless, adj. anchorlike, adj. /ang keuhr/, n. 1. any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object,… …

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  • 78ingrain — v. /in grayn /; adj., n. /in grayn /, v.t. 1. to implant or fix deeply and firmly, as in the nature or mind. adj. 2. ingrained; firmly fixed. 3. (of fiber or yarn) dyed in a raw state, before being woven or knitted. 4. made of fiber or yarn so… …

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  • 79Eyck, Jan van — (bef. 1395 1441)    Jan van Eyck is among the greatest innovators of the 15th century. Both Giorgio Vasari and his Northern counterpart, Karel van Mander, wrote that it was Jan who invented the oil painting technique. He is documented in the… …

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  • 80secure — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. safe; firm, stable; certain. v. t. make safe; obtain (see acquisition); fasten (see connection). See security, justice. Ant., insecure. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Firm] Syn. fastened, adjusted,… …

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