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  • 71Felix Dennis — (born 1947 in Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom) is a British magazine publisher and philanthropist. His privately owned company, Dennis Publishing, pioneered computer and hobbyist magazine publishing in the United Kingdom. In more recent… …

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  • 72Pujya Mota — Pujya Shree Mota (September 4, 1898 July 23 1976), or Chunilal Asharam Bhavsar, was a spiritual leader who established ashrams in Nadiad and Surat in Gujarat, India.ChildhoodMota was born on September 4, 1898, in Savli, a village the district of… …

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  • 73bringdown — /bring down /, n. Informal. 1. a disappointment or disillusionment; letdown: It was quite a bringdown to find myself running last in the mayoral race. 2. anything, as a cutting remark or critical action, that causes depression or deflates one s… …

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  • 74crack — crackable, adj. crackless, adj. /krak/, v.i. 1. to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable. 2. to break with a sudden, sharp sound: The branch cracked under the… …

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  • 75gird — gird1 girdingly, adv. /gerrd/, v.t., girded or girt, girding. 1. to encircle or bind with a belt or band. 2. to surround; enclose; hem in. 3. to prepare (oneself) for action: He girded himself for the trial ahead. 4. to provide, equip, or invest …

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  • 76sarcasm — /sahr kaz euhm/, n. 1. harsh or bitter derision or irony. 2. a sharply ironical taunt; sneering or cutting remark: a review full of sarcasms. [1570 80; < LL sarcasmus < Gk sarkasmós, deriv. of sarkázein to rend (flesh), sneer; see SARCO ] Syn. 1 …

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  • 77swipe — /swuyp/, n., v., swiped, swiping. n. 1. a strong, sweeping blow, as with a cricket bat or golf club. 2. Informal. a swing of the arm in order to strike somebody; punch. 3. a sideswipe. 4. Informal. a critical or cutting remark. 5. a leverlike&#8230; …

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  • 78Bitch — 1. (derogatory and offensive) disagreeable or malicious woman; often, any self assertive woman; 2. (derogatory and offensive) any female: You bitches stay in the car ; (although this sense dates in British slang to the 18th C., its use in&#8230; …

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  • 79Rock — 1. jewel, especially a diamond; 2. (pl.) testicles; 3. play or dance to rock n roll music: Let s rock ; 4. (of an event, dance party, etc.) be excellent; to go off: Club Retro really rocks ; 5. (of person or thing) be excellent: You rock, man ; 6 …

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  • 80Roll — 1. arrive at a place: rolling up at six o clock ; just roll along whenever you like ; 2. upset someone s equanimity with a cutting remark, witty come back, etc.; 3. assault and rob a person; 4. wad of paper currency carried about one s person; 5 …

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