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  • 1Beat Generation — The Beat Generation is a term used to describe both a group of American writers who came to prominence in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and the cultural phenomena that they wrote about and inspired (later sometimes called beatniks ): a… …

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  • 2beat — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 rhythm ADJECTIVE ▪ regular, rhythmic, steady ▪ pounding ▪ disco, funky, hip hop, techno …

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  • 3beat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. throb, stroke, accent, rhythm; pulse; route. See business, region. v. throb, pulsate; strike, batter; conquer, defeat. See regularity, impulse, superiority, agitation. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1.… …

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  • 4rapidly — adv. Rapidly is used with these verbs: ↑absorb, ↑accelerate, ↑accumulate, ↑adjust, ↑advance, ↑age, ↑approach, ↑ascend, ↑assimilate, ↑beat, ↑blink, ↑boil, ↑ …

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  • 5beat the retreat — Meaning Rapidly withdraw from something. Origin From the early military practise of warning soldiers to withdraw by beating drums …

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  • 6beat — biːt n. strike; rhythm; tapping; pulse; usual territory, regular jurisdiction; scoop , news story that is published earlier than in the rival newspapers (Journalism) v. hit, strike; hammer metal; defeat, finish before, do better than (in a… …

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  • 7beat a hasty retreat — v. leave rapidly, withdraw quickly …

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  • 8On the Beat (1995 film) — On the Beat Traditional 民警故事 Simplified 民警故事 Mandarin Mín jǐng gù shì Directed by …

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  • 9Big Bang Beat — Infobox VG title = Big Bang Beat 1st Impression caption = Screenshot of title screen. developer = NRF released = flagicon|Japan May 2007 latest release version = 1.06 publisher = AliceSoft genre = 2D fighting game modes = Multiplayer,… …

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  • 10throb´bing|ly — throb «throb», verb, throbbed, throb|bing, noun. –v.i. 1. to beat rapidly or strongly: »a heart throbbing with joy. The long climb up the hill made her heart throb. His wounded arm throbbed with pain. SYNONYM(S): pulsate, palpitate. 2 …

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