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  • 111run round in circles —    People who run round in circles have difficulty in achieving something because of lack of organization.     Running round in circles will get us nowhere we need to set up a plan …

    English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • 112To set down one's staff — Staff Staff (st[.a]f), n.; pl. {Staves} (st[=a]vz or st[aum]vz; 277) or {Staffs} (st[.a]fs) in senses 1 9, {Staffs} in senses 10, 11. [AS. st[ae]f a staff; akin to LG. & D. staf, OFries. stef, G. stab, Icel. stafr, Sw. staf, Dan. stav, Goth.… …

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  • 113To set up one's staff — Staff Staff (st[.a]f), n.; pl. {Staves} (st[=a]vz or st[aum]vz; 277) or {Staffs} (st[.a]fs) in senses 1 9, {Staffs} in senses 10, 11. [AS. st[ae]f a staff; akin to LG. & D. staf, OFries. stef, G. stab, Icel. stafr, Sw. staf, Dan. stav, Goth.… …

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  • 114Golden Set — A Golden Set is a set of tennis which is won without dropping a single point. Only one player in the history of professional tennis has ever achieved this, Bill Scanlon. It was against Marcos Hocevar in the first round of the WCT Gold Coast… …

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  • 115drum set — drum ,set noun count AMERICAN a set of drums and CYMBALS (=round metal plates that you play by hitting them with a stick) …

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  • 116CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09 Preliminary Round — The CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09 Preliminary Round matches took place between August 26 and 2008 09 04. http://www.concacaf.com/view article.aspx?id=4218] Eight of the sixteen teams advanced to the group stage of the 2008–2009 CONCACAF… …

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  • 117run|a|round — «RUHN uh ROWND», noun. 1. Informal. evasion or indefinite postponement of action, especially in regard to a request; avoidance: »Even those who would probably get visas hate to take the risk of getting a consular runaround (Time). 2. type set… …

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  • 118To set by — By By (b[imac]), prep. [OE. bi, AS. b[=i], big, near to, by, of, from, after, according to; akin to OS. & OFries. bi, be, D. bij, OHG. b[=i], G. bei, Goth. bi, and perh. Gr. amfi . E. prefix be is orig. the same word. [root]203. See pref. {Be }.] …

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  • 119Listen to the Band (box set) — –Infobox Album Name = Listen to the Band Type = box Artist = The Monkees Released = 1991 Recorded = 19661986 Genre = Rock Length = Label = Rhino Records Producer = The Monkees, et al Reviews = Last album = Missing Links Volume Two (1990) This… …

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  • 120Part of the set of features proposed by Chomsky and Halle (1968) — ▪ Table Part of the set of features proposed by Chomsky and Halle (1968) Major class features consonantal syllabic sonorant Manner of articulation features continuant delayed release tense Source features voice strident Cavity features nasal… …

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