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  • 61ghost — 1 noun (C) 1 the spirit of a dead person that some people think they can feel or see in a place: The ghosts of past landlords are said to haunt this pub. | ghost story: We used to scare each other by telling ghost stories at night. see also: Holy …

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  • 62ghost — I UK [ɡəʊst] / US [ɡoʊst] noun [countable] Word forms ghost : singular ghost plural ghosts ** the spirit of a dead person that someone sees or hears Do you believe in ghosts? the ghost of someone: The ghost of a murdered woman is said to walk in… …

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  • 63give — give1 W1S1 [gıv] v past tense gave [geıv] past participle given [ˈgıvən] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(present or money)¦ 2¦(put something in somebody s hand)¦ 3¦(let somebody do something)¦ 4¦(tell somebody something)¦ 5¦(make a movement/do an action)¦… …

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  • 64give — v. & n. v. (past gave; past part. given) 1 tr. (also absol.; often foll. by to) transfer the possession of freely; hand over as a present (gave them her old curtains; gives to cancer research). 2 tr. a transfer the ownership of with or without… …

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  • 65The Journey (Immature album) — Infobox Album Name = The Journey Type = studio Artist = Immature Released = September 23, 1997 Recorded = Genre = R B Length = Label = MCA Producer = Chris Stokes Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://wm02.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg… …

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  • 66ghost — I. noun Etymology: Middle English gost, gast, from Old English gāst; akin to Old High German geist spirit, Sanskrit heḍa anger Date: before 12th century 1. the seat of life or intelligence ; soul < give up the ghost > 2. a disembodied soul;&#8230; …

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  • 67ghost — /goʊst / (say gohst) noun 1. the disembodied spirit of a dead person imagined as wandering among or haunting living persons. 2. a mere shadow or semblance: ghost of a chance. 3. (upper case) a spiritual being: Holy Ghost. 4. Obsolete spirit;&#8230; …

  • 68give out — verb 1. give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc. (Freq. 1) The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits • Syn: ↑emit, ↑give off • Ant: ↑absorb (for: ↑ …

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  • 69give way — verb 1. move in order to make room for someone for something (Freq. 7) The park gave way to a supermarket Move over, he told the crowd • Syn: ↑move over, ↑give, ↑ease up, ↑yield • …

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  • 70ghost — [[t]goʊst[/t]] n. 1) the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined as wandering, often in vague or evanescent form, among the living and sometimes haunting them; wraith 2) a mere shadow or semblance; trace: She s a ghost of her former&#8230; …

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