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  • 71long — long1 adjective (longer, longest) 1》 of a great distance or duration.     ↘of a specified distance or duration.     ↘(of a ball in sport) travelling a great distance, or further than expected. 2》 relatively great in extent.     ↘having a… …

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  • 72long — adjective see long and lazy, little and loud; fat and fulsome, pretty and proud it is a long lane that has no turning art is long and life is short be the day weary or be the day long, at last it ringeth to evensong kings have long arms …

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  • 73Long — /lawng, long/, n. 1. Crawford Williamson /wil yeuhm seuhn/, 1815 78, U.S. surgeon. 2. Huey Pierce /hyooh ee/, 1893 1935. U.S. politician: governor of Louisiana 1928 31; U.S. senator 1931 35. 3. Russell B(illiu) /bil yooh/, born 1918, U.S. lawyer… …

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  • 74long — I adj. (colloq.) strong long on (long on common sense) II adv. 1) long ago 2) long before III v. 1) (d; intr.) to long for (to long for peace) 2) (E) she longed to return home; (rare) I longed for them to return * * * [lɒŋ] …

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  • 75long — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. lengthy, elongated; tedious; extended, protracted. See length. adv. in great degree, for a time. See durability. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Extended in space] Syn. lengthy, extended, outstretched,… …

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  • 76long — 1. adjective /lɒŋ,lɔŋ,lɑŋ/ a) Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point . Its a long way from the Earth to the Moon. b) Having great duration. The pyramids of Egypt have been around for a …

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  • 77long — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} verb ADVERB ▪ desperately ▪ He longed desperately to be back at home. ▪ secretly ▪ They were the words she had secretly longed to hear. ▪ always …

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  • 78long —   Loa, loloa (usually spatially); lō ihi (also figuratively); kō (as a sound);    ♦ long and oval, omo omo;    ♦ long and narrow, oloolo;    ♦ long and sharp, pīoeoe.   Also: lōkihi, oe, oeoe, kīoeoe, makikoe, hāloa, peleleu, koloau, holowī,… …

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  • 79Long Mu — In Chinese mythology, Long Mu (simplified Chinese: 龙母; traditional Chinese: 龍母; pinyin: lóng mǔ; Wade–Giles: lung mo) or Mother of Dragons was a Chinese woman who was deified as a goddess after raising five infant dragons. Long Mu and her dragons …

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  • 80Long Ta — The Long Ta (also known as Dragon Tower) (Chinese: 龙塔; pinyin: lóng tǎ) in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China is a tall tower of lattice steel used for communication. It was built in 2000 and rises to 336 m (1102 ft). Contents …

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