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  • 101tile´like´ — tile «tyl», noun, verb, tiled, til|ing. –n. 1. a) a thin piece of baked clay, often glazed and decorated, used for covering roofs, paving floors, lining walls, and ornamenting. b) any one of various similar thin pieces of plastic, rubber,… …

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  • 102Tefillin — A set of tefillin includes the arm tefillin (left) and the head tefillin Halakhic texts relating to this article: Torah: Exodus 13:9 • …

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  • 103Näverlapp — The näverlapp ( birch bark patch ) is a very primitive Swedish folk instrument consisting of a thin piece of birch bark, two or three centimeters square. This piece, which has a rounded top, is placed between the lip and the lower teeth; when a… …

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  • 104sheet — noun 1 large piece of fabric used on a bed ADJECTIVE ▪ clean, crisp, fresh ▪ a pile of clean sheets ▪ crumpled, rumpled (esp. AmE) ▪ …

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  • 105bow — bow1 [bau] v 1.) to bend the top part of your body forward in order to show respect for someone important, or as a way of thanking an ↑audience ▪ She bowed and left the stage. ▪ Corbett entered the room, bowing respectfully. ▪ The servant bowed… …

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  • 106slate — slate1 [sleıt] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(rock)¦ 2¦(on a roof)¦ 3 slate blue/grey 4¦(politics)¦ 5¦(for writing on)¦ 6 put something on the slate ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: esclat thin piece split off , from esclater to burst, splinter ] …

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  • 107slip — [[t]slɪ̱p[/t]] ♦♦ slips, slipping, slipped 1) VERB If you slip, you accidentally slide and lose your balance. He had slipped on an icy pavement... Be careful not to slip. Syn: slide 2) VERB If something slips, it slides out of place or out of… …

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  • 108bow to sb/sth phrasal — verb (T) to finally agree to do something that people want you to, even though you do not want to do it: Congress may bow to public pressure and lift the arms embargo. 2 noun 1 (C) the act of bending the top part of your body forward to show… …

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  • 109coil — I UK [kɔɪl] / US noun [countable] Word forms coil : singular coil plural coils * 1) a) a long thin piece of something that forms rings or curls a coil of rope b) something that has a long curved shape a coil of black smoke 2) a piece of curved… …

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  • 110weather strip — noun a narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold • Syn: ↑weatherstrip, ↑weather stripping, ↑weatherstripping • Hypernyms: ↑strip, ↑slip * * * noun also …

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