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  • 111cold calling — call call 2 noun [countable] 1. an attempt to speak to someone by telephone: • Calls cost 36p a minute cheap rate, 48p at all other times. • If you wish to be added to the mailing list, please give me a call on the number above. • Andrew Walker… …

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  • 112cold — 1 adjective 1 OBJECTS/SURFACES/LIQUIDS/ROOMS ETC having a low temperature: a blast of cold air | We slept on the cold ground. | feel cold: The office always feels so cold first thing on Monday morning. | ice/stone/freezing cold (=very cold): The… …

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  • 113Cold case — For other uses, see Cold case (disambiguation). Cold case refers to a scene of a crime or an accident that has not yet been solved to the full and is not the subject of a recent criminal investigation, but for which new information could emerge… …

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  • 114Cold war (general term) — This article is about the general term for a type of international conflict. For the specific conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States, see Cold War. Warfare Military history Eras …

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  • 115Cold War (1962–1979) — 1980 World map of alliances The Cold War (1962–1979) refers to the phase within the Cold War that spanned the period between the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis in late October 1962, through the détente period beginning in 1969, to the end… …

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  • 116cold — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 lack of heat; low temperature ADJECTIVE ▪ biting, bitter, extreme, freezing ▪ winter VERB + COLD ▪ feel …

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  • 117cold*/*/*/ — [kəʊld] adj I 1) with a low temperature, or a temperature that is lower than normal Ant: hot The water was too cold for a shower.[/ex] a cold winter morning[/ex] I was cold and hungry.[/ex] Their house is always freezing cold.[/ex] 2) not seeming …

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  • 118cold —    1. dead    Usually but not exclusively used of hotblooded creatures, although knocked out cold refers to unconsciousness only. Whence several morbidly humorous 19th century phrases, of which the most common was cold meat, a corpse:     If you… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 119Cold boot attack — In cryptography, a cold boot attack (or to a lesser extent, a platform reset attack) is a type of side channel attack in which an attacker with physical access to a computer is able to retrieve encryption keys from a running operating system… …

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  • 120cold comfort — Meaning Origin From Shakespeare s The Taming of the Shrew & King John GRUMIO: Am I but three inches? why, thy horn is a foot; and so long am I at the least. But wilt thou make a fire, or shall I complain on thee to our mistress, whose hand, she… …

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