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  • 101act out — {v.} 1. To show an idea, story, or happening by your looks, talk, and movements. * /He tried to act out a story that he had read./ 2. To put into action. * /All his life he tried to act out his beliefs./ …

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  • 102act out — {v.} 1. To show an idea, story, or happening by your looks, talk, and movements. * /He tried to act out a story that he had read./ 2. To put into action. * /All his life he tried to act out his beliefs./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 103Act Without Words — is the title of two plays by Samuel Beckett:* Act Without Words I * Act Without Words II …

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  • 104Act utilitarianism — is a utilitarian theory of ethics which states that the morally right action is the one which produces the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest number of people. Act utilitarianism is opposed to rule utilitarianism, which states that the …

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  • 105Act — (actum das Gehandelte), Hauptabschnitt eines dramatischen Gedichtes, s. v. a. Aufzug, von 3–5. 2. Ueberhaupt That, Handlung. 3. Von etwas Act nehmen = sich eine Thatsache, besonders von Behörden ausgehende, merken, um bei Gelegenheit darauf zu… …

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  • 106Act of Contrition — «Act Of Contrictión» Canción de Madonna álbum de estudio Like a Prayer Publicación 21 de marzo, 1989 …

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  • 107act of state doctrine — act of state doctrine: a court made doctrine barring U.S. courts from judging the validity of an official act of a foreign country committed within its own borders Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 108act\ one's\ age — • act one s age • be one s age v. phr. To do the things that people expect someone of your age to do, not act as if you were much younger than you are. Mr. O Brien was playing tag with the children at the party. then Mrs. O Brien said, Henry! Act …

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  • 109act on instinct — act according to intuition, act spontaneously, act naturally …

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  • 110act up — {v.}, {informal} 1. To behave badly; act rudely or impolitely. * /The dog acted up as the postman came to the door./ 2. To work or run poorly (as a after all machine); skip; miss. * /Thе car acted up because the spark plugs were dirty./ …

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