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  • 111implausible — UK [ɪmˈplɔːzəb(ə)l] / US [ɪmˈplɔzəb(ə)l] adjective difficult to accept as true an implausible excuse/explanation Derived word: implausibly adverb …

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  • 112implausible — [ɪmˈplɔːzəb(ə)l] adj difficult to accept as true Syn: unconvincing implausibly adv …

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  • 113admission — admission, admittance Like many doublets, these two words have competed with each other for several centuries (admission first recorded in Middle English, admittance in 1589) without ever establishing totally separate roles. In the meaning… …

    Modern English usage

  • 114admittance — admission, admittance Like many doublets, these two words have competed with each other for several centuries (admission first recorded in Middle English, admittance in 1589) without ever establishing totally separate roles. In the meaning… …

    Modern English usage

  • 115trouble, take in —  1. Delude. Cheat.  2. Accept as true; find interesting, take it Endure bravely and without complaint …

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  • 116allow — The word has no rigid or precise meaning, its import varying according to circumstances or context in connection with which it is used. It may mean to bestow or assign to any one as his right or due. To approve of, accept as true, admit, concede …

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  • 117allow — The word has no rigid or precise meaning, its import varying according to circumstances or context in connection with which it is used. It may mean to bestow or assign to any one as his right or due. To approve of, accept as true, admit, concede …

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  • 118assume — ► VERB 1) accept as true without proof. 2) take (responsibility or control). 3) begin to have (a quality, appearance, or extent). 4) pretend to have; adopt falsely. ORIGIN Latin assumere, from sumere take …

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  • 119buy — [bī] vt. bought, buying [ME bien < OE bycgan < ? IE base of BOW1] 1. to get by paying or agreeing to pay money or some equivalent; purchase 2. to get as by an exchange [buy victory with human lives] 3. to be the means of purchasing [all… …

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  • 120swallow — swallow1 [swä′lō] n. [ME swalwe < OE swealwe, akin to Ger schwalbe, ON svala, swallow, & prob. Russ solovyej, Czech slavík, nightingale] 1. any of a family (Hirundinidae) of small, swift flying, insect eating passerine birds with long, pointed …

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