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  • 31twist — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 act of twisting sth ADJECTIVE ▪ little, slight ▪ quick, sharp ▪ wry ▪ ‘You re brave’ she said, with a wry twist of the mouth …

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  • 32twist — /twɪst / (say twist) verb (t) 1. to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine. 2. to combine or associate intimately. 3. to form by or as by winding strands together. 4. to entwine (one thing) with or in another; …

  • 33round the twist — British & Australian, informal crazy. She s completely round the twist just sits there all day talking to herself. I put the milk in the cupboard and the sugar in the fridge. I think I m going round the twist …

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  • 34twist — Synonyms and related words: a thing for, aberrancy, aberration, action, adulterate, affinity, afflict, agonize, ail, alloy, alter, alteration, anagnorisis, analysis, anamorphism, anamorphosis, angle, angle off, animus, approach, aptitude, aptness …

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  • 35round the bend —    mentally unbalanced    Going out of sight. Less often as around the bend or round the twist:     Keitel also is going round the bend, Jodl observed. (C. Forbes, 1983)     But I was around the bend. I was sort of like Lady Macbeth obsessed by… …

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  • 36round — /raʊnd / (say rownd) adjective 1. circular, as a disc. 2. ring shaped, as a hoop. 3. curved like part of a circle, as an outline. 4. having a circular cross section, as a cylinder. 5. spherical or globular, as a ball. 6. rounded more or less like …

  • 37Twist (Au bonheur des dames) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Twist (homonymie). Twist Album par Au Bonheur des Dames Sortie 1974 Genre rock parodique …

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  • 38round — Synonyms and related words: Attic, Charybdis, Chateaubriand, Ciceronian, Indian file, O, O shaped, SRO, about, absolute, ace, admitting no exception, again, air lane, all but, all over, all out, almost, ambagious, ambit, amount, annular, annular… …

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  • 39twist drill — noun a bit or drill having deep helical grooves • Syn: ↑twist bit • Hypernyms: ↑bit * * * noun : a drill having one or usually two deep helical grooves extending from the point to the smooth portion of the shank * * * Mach. a drill with one or… …

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  • 40twist — 1. verb 1) the impact twisted the chassis Syn: crumple, crush, buckle, mangle, warp, deform, distort, contort 2) he twisted round in his seat Syn: turn, swivel, spin …

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