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  • 111take advantage of someone — take advantage (of (someone)) to use someone s weakness to improve your own situation. Mr. Smith often takes advantage of my friendship and leaves the unpleasant tasks for me to do …

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  • 112take advantage of — take advantage (of (someone)) to use someone s weakness to improve your own situation. Mr. Smith often takes advantage of my friendship and leaves the unpleasant tasks for me to do …

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  • 113take advantage — (of (someone)) to use someone s weakness to improve your own situation. Mr. Smith often takes advantage of my friendship and leaves the unpleasant tasks for me to do …

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  • 114to advantage — in a way that helps you. We had to learn to use the landscape to advantage in combat. She chose a dress that would show her fine figure to advantage …

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  • 115take at advantage — 1. To use favourable conditions against 2. To take by surprise • • • Main Entry: ↑advantage …

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  • 116Corporate use of Second Life — Virtual Worlds are 3D computer environments where each user is represented with a character avatar. Traditionally, virtual worlds have been used for entertainment. However, starting from approximately 2004 both corporate world and academia… …

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  • 117make use of something — make ˈuse of sth/sb idiom to use sth/sb, especially in order to get an advantage • We could make better use of our resources. • You should make use of your contacts. Main entry: ↑useidiom …

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  • 118make use of somebody — make ˈuse of sth/sb idiom to use sth/sb, especially in order to get an advantage • We could make better use of our resources. • You should make use of your contacts. Main entry: ↑useidiom …

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  • 119ill-use — I verb abuse, abuti, afflict, be hurtful, be malevolent, bruise, buffet, castigate, cause evil, damage, deal hard measure to, do an injustice to, do evil, do harm to, do violence, do wrong, flagellate, grind, harm, hurt, ill treat, injure, knock… …

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  • 120for use — For the benefit or advantage of another. Thus, where an assignee is obliged to sue in the name of his assignor, the suit is entitled A. for use of B. v. C. For enjoyment or employment without destruction. A loan for use is one in which the bailee …

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