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  • 111Tumbuka language — Tumbuka chiTumbuka Spoken in  Malawi …

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  • 112The Book of Three (novel) — infobox Book | name = The Book of Three title orig = translator = image caption = Recent US paperback cover author = Lloyd Alexander illustrator = cover artist = Jody Lee country = United States language = English series = The Chronicles of… …

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  • 113scavenge — scav|enge [ˈskævındʒ] v [I and T] [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: scavenger (16 21 centuries), from scavager tax collector, someone who cleans streets (15 19 centuries), from scavage tax on goods sold (15 19 centuries), from Old North French escauwage… …

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  • 114eyes\ are\ bigger\ than\ one's\ stomach — informal You want more food than you can eat. Annie took a second big helping of pudding, but her eyes were bigger than her stomach. Your eyes are bigger than your stomach, mother told little Tommy when he piled up food on his plate …

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  • 115hungry — a. 1. Craving (food), of keen appetite, sharp set, in want of food, famishing (by hyperbole), ravenous. 2. Longing, in painful desire, eagerly desirous. 3. Poor, barren, unfertile, unproductive …

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  • 116famish — I. v. a. 1. Starve, kill or destroy with hunger. 2. Distress with hunger, exhaust by hunger. II. v. n. 1. Starve, die of hunger, perish for want of food. 2. Be distressed by hunger, suffer extreme hunger, pine for food …

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  • 117scavenge — verb (I, T) 1 if an animal scavenges, it eats anything that it can find: dogs scavenging from the dustbins 2 if someone scavenges, they search through things that other people do not want for food or useful objects (+ for): a man scavenging for… …

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  • 118Hunger — Hun ger, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hungered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hungering}.] [OE. hungren, AS. hyngrian. See {Hunger}, n.] 1. To feel the craving or uneasiness occasioned by want of food; to be oppressed by hunger. [1913 Webster] 2. To have an eager… …

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  • 119Hungered — Hunger Hun ger, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hungered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hungering}.] [OE. hungren, AS. hyngrian. See {Hunger}, n.] 1. To feel the craving or uneasiness occasioned by want of food; to be oppressed by hunger. [1913 Webster] 2. To have an… …

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  • 120Hungering — Hunger Hun ger, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hungered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hungering}.] [OE. hungren, AS. hyngrian. See {Hunger}, n.] 1. To feel the craving or uneasiness occasioned by want of food; to be oppressed by hunger. [1913 Webster] 2. To have an… …

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