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  • 31swallow — 1 verb 1 FOOD (T) to make food or drink go down your throat and towards your stomach: He swallowed the last of his coffee and asked for the bill. 2 NERVOUSLY (I) to make this kind of movement with your throat, especially because you are nervous:… …

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  • 32Jonah — For other uses, see Jonah (disambiguation). Prophet Jonah Jonah, as depicted by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel. Prophet, Seer, Apostle to Nineveh, Companion of the Fish …

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  • 33swallow — swal‧low [ˈswɒləʊ ǁ ˈswɑːloʊ] verb [transitive] 1. to accept something unpleasant: • Car dealers are sceptical that customers will swallow the price increases. 2. if an activity swallows a lot of time or money, it takes that length of time or… …

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  • 34swallow — [[t]swɒ̱loʊ[/t]] swallows, swallowing, swallowed 1) VERB If you swallow something, you cause it to go from your mouth down into your stomach. [V n] You are asked to swallow a capsule containing vitamin B... Polly took a bite of the apple, chewed… …

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  • 35The Adventures of Pinocchio — Infobox Book name = The Adventures of Pinocchio image caption=illustration from 1911 edition by Attilio Mussini author = Carlo Collodi illustrator = country = Italy language = Italian subject = genre = Fiction, Literature, Fantasy. Children s… …

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  • 36Dane Cook — Cook at Comic Con 2007 promoting Good Luck Chuck …

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  • 37Deconstructed — Remix album by Bush Released November 11, 1997 …

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  • 38Mister Geppetto — The Adventures of Pinocchio character Geppetto carving Pinocchio. First …

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  • 39swallow — verb 1 food, drink, etc. ADVERB ▪ hastily, quickly ▪ accidentally ▪ She accidentally swallowed a glass bead. ▪ easily ▪ L …

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  • 40swallow up — 1) PHRASAL VERB If one thing is swallowed up by another, it becomes part of the first thing and no longer has a separate identity of its own. [V P n (not pron)] During the 1980s monster publishing houses started to swallow up smaller companies.… …

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