step+quickly

  • 41stamp — 1. noun /stæmp/ a) An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof. The horse gave two quick stamps and rose up on its hind legs. b) An indentation or imprint made by stamping. Just then there was a sound of footsteps, an …

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  • 42sidestep — side|step [ˈsaıdstep] v past tense and past participle sidestepped present participle sidestepping 1.) sidestep a problem/issue/question to avoid dealing with something difficult ▪ The report sidesteps the environmental issues. 2.) [I and T] to… …

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  • 43sidestep — UK [ˈsaɪdˌstep] / US verb Word forms sidestep : present tense I/you/we/they sidestep he/she/it sidesteps present participle sidestepping past tense sidestepped past participle sidestepped 1) [transitive] to avoid something difficult or unpleasant …

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  • 44Honda E series — The E series was a collection of successive humanoid robots created by the Honda Motor Company between 1986 and 1991. Designed by Mark A Fuller, the robots were only experimental, and later evolved into the Honda P series, eventually amassing the …

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  • 45run — I. v. n. 1. Race, step quickly, move swiftly. 2. Haste, hasten, hie, hurry, scud, scamper, scour, speed, post, trip. 3. Flow, glide, move, go proceed, stream, roll on, move on. 4. Fuse, melt, become fluid, be fusible. 5. Pass, proceed, advance,… …

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  • 46sidestep — verb 1 sidestep a problem/issue/question to avoid doing something that will cause you difficulty or inconvenience, such as dealing with a difficult problem: The report simply sidesteps the environmental issues. 2 (I, T) to step quickly sideways… …

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  • 47china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …

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  • 48China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …

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  • 49Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …

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  • 50international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …

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