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  • 51nothing — noth|ing [ nʌθıŋ ] pronoun *** 1. ) not anything: There was nothing in the room except for a mattress. She waited and watched, but nothing happened. nothing at all: I knew nothing at all about taking care of babies. nothing else: The smoke alarms …

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  • 52right — right1 [ raıt ] adverb *** ▸ 1 exactly ▸ 2 immediately ▸ 3 correctly/accurately ▸ 4 toward the right ▸ 5 all the way ▸ 6 completely ▸ 7 as would be normal ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) exactly: Their office is right in the middle of town. The keys were right… …

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  • 53world — [ wɜrld ] noun *** 1. ) singular society in general, in all countries: We want to guarantee our children a safer world. all over the world/throughout the world: The same problems are faced by children throughout the world. the whole world: Since… …

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  • 54bundle — [[t]bʌ̱nd(ə)l[/t]] bundles, bundling, bundled 1) N COUNT: oft N of n A bundle of things is a number of them that are tied together or wrapped in a cloth or bag so that they can be carried or stored. She produced a bundle of notes and proceeded to …

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  • 55dead — [[t]de̱d[/t]] ♦♦ 1) ADJ A person, animal, or plant that is dead is no longer living. You re a widow? Yes. My husband s been dead a year now. ... The group had shot dead another hostage. ...their dead brother. ...old newspapers and dead flowers.… …

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  • 56death — [[t]de̱θ[/t]] ♦♦ deaths 1) N VAR Death is the permanent end of the life of a person or animal. 1.5 million people are in immediate danger of death from starvation. ...the thirtieth anniversary of her death... The report mentions the death of 18… …

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  • 57dream — [[t]dri͟ːm[/t]] ♦♦ dreams, dreaming, dreamed, dreamt (American English uses the form dreamed as the past tense and past participle. British English uses either dreamed or dreamt.) 1) N COUNT A dream is an imaginary series of events that you… …

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  • 58kill — [[t]kɪ̱l[/t]] ♦ kills, killing, killed 1) VERB If a person, animal, or other living thing is killed, something or someone causes them to die. [be V ed] More than 1,000 people have been killed by the armed forces... [V pron refl] He had attempted… …

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  • 59mind — I [[t]ma͟ɪnd[/t]] NOUN USES ♦ minds (Please look at category 45 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.) 1) N COUNT: with poss You refer to someone s mind when talking about their thoughts. For example, if… …

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  • 60minute — I NOUN AND VERB USES ♦ minutes, minuting, minuted (Pronounced [[t]mɪ̱nɪt[/t]] in minute 1, and [[t]maɪnju͟ːt, AM nu͟ːt [/t]] in minute 2.) 1) N COUNT: oft num N A minute is one of the sixty parts that an hour is divided into. People often say a… …

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