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  • 121curtail — cur‧tail [kɜːˈteɪl ǁ kɜːr ] verb [transitive] to reduce or limit something: • The Federal Bank s critics in Congress are eager to curtail its power. • Investment plans may be curtailed by high interest rates. * * * curtail UK US /kɜːˈteɪl/ verb… …

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  • 122notion — n. 1) to have a notion 2) to dispel a notion 3) a foggy, hazy, vague; ludicrous; odd, strange; preconceived; widespread notion 4) a notion about, of (he didn t have the slightest notion of what I meant) 5) a notion that + clause (we tried to… …

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  • 123Shortness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Shortness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 shortness shortness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 brevity brevity Sgm: N 1 littleness littleness &c. 193 Sgm: N 1 a span a span GRP: N 2 Sgm: N …

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  • 124Distortion — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Irregularity of form. < N PARAG:Distortion >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 distortion distortion detortion contortion Sgm: N 1 twist twist crookedness &c.(obliquity) 217 Sgm: N 1 grimace grimace Sgm: N 1 deformity …

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  • 125Ugliness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Ugliness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 ugliness ugliness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 deformity deformity inelegance Sgm: N 1 acomia acomia Sgm: N 1 disfigurement disfigurement &c.(blemish) 848 Sgm: N 1 …

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  • 126curtail — [[t]kɜː(r)te͟ɪl[/t]] curtails, curtailing, curtailed VERB If you curtail something, you reduce or limit it. [FORMAL] [V n] NATO plans to curtail the number of troops being sent to the region... [V n] I told Louie that old age would curtail her… …

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  • 127curtail — UK [kɜː(r)ˈteɪl] / US [kɜrˈteɪl] verb [transitive] Word forms curtail : present tense I/you/we/they curtail he/she/it curtails present participle curtailing past tense curtailed past participle curtailed formal to reduce or limit something,… …

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  • 128ἀκολόβωτον — ἀκολόβωτος not curtailed masc/fem acc sg ἀκολόβωτος not curtailed neut nom/voc/acc sg …

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