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  • 51Blow Up —    Film policier de Michelangelo Antonioni, avec David Hemmings (Thomas), Vanessa Redgrave (Jane), Sarah Miles (Patricia).   Scénario: Michelangelo Antonioni, Tonino Guerra, d après une nouvelle de Julio Cortázar   Photographie: Carlo Di Palma… …

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  • 52blow-by — blow′ by n. pl. bys aum leakage of combustion gases between a piston and the cylinder wall into the crankcase of an automobile • Etymology: 1930–35 …

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  • 53blow — verb. The regular past and past participle are blew and blown. An older form, blowed, survives in the fixed expression I ll be blowed, as in Well I m [or I ll be] blowed and I m blowed if I will …

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  • 54blow|by — «BLOH BY», noun. leakage of fuel, vapor, or pressure, between the piston and cylinder of an automobile …

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  • 55blow|er — «BLOH uhr», noun. 1. a person or thing that blows: »a glass blower. 2. a fan or other machine for forcing air into a building, furnace, mine, or other enclosed area. 3. British Slang. telephone …

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  • 56blow|up — «BLOH UHP», noun. 1. an explosion. 2. Informal, Figurative. a) an outburst of anger. b) a quarrel. 3. a) an enlargement of a photograph. b) an expanded version: »The film is…a blowup of a television show (New Yorker) …

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  • 57blow·er — /ˈblowɚ/ noun, pl ers [count] : a device that blows air a leaf blower [=a device that is used for clearing away leaves from the ground by producing a strong current of air] see also ↑snowblower, ↑whistle blower on the blower …

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  • 58blow — blow1 W3S2 [bləu US blou] v past tense blew [blu:] past participle blown [ US bloun] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(wind moving)¦ 2¦(wind moving something)¦ 3¦(air from your mouth)¦ 4¦(make a noise)¦ 5¦(violence)¦ 6¦(lose an opportunity)¦ 7¦(waste money)¦ …

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  • 59blow — blow1 /bloh/, n. 1. a sudden, hard stroke with a hand, fist, or weapon: a blow to the head. 2. a sudden shock, calamity, reversal, etc.: His wife s death was a terrible blow to him. 3. a sudden attack or drastic action: The invaders struck a blow …

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  • 60blow — I UK [bləʊ] / US [bloʊ] verb Word forms blow : present tense I/you/we/they blow he/she/it blows present participle blowing past tense blew UK [bluː] / US [blu] past participle blown UK [bləʊn] / US [bloʊn] *** 1) a) [intransitive] if wind or air… …

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