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21sell in May and go away — A saying relating originally to the cycle of activity on the London Stock Exchange. May, shortly after the start of the financial year, was a busy time, but during the following months a bear market prevailed as trading was slack and Londoners… …
22Far Away (play) — Far Away is a 2000 play by British playwright Caryl Churchill. The play has three characters, Harper, Joan, and Todd, and is based on the premise of a world in which everything in nature is at war with each other.Plot SummaryThe play opens with a …
23The One That Got Away (American Dad!) — Infobox American Dad! episode Title =The One That Got Away Series =American Dad! Caption = Season =4 Episode =2 Airdate =October 5, 2008 Production =3AJN16 Writer = Director = Guests = newspaper headline = roger s disguise = Jamaican Rastafarian… …
24thrown-away — adjective thrown away wearing someone s cast off clothes throwaway children living on the streets salvaged some thrown away furniture • Syn: ↑cast off, ↑discarded, ↑throwaway • Similar to: ↑ …
25To bear away the bell — Bell Bell, n. [AS. belle, fr. bellan to bellow. See {Bellow}.] 1. A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck. [1913 Webster]… …
26To wear away — Wear Wear, v. t. [imp. {Wore} (w[=o]r); p. p. {Worn} (w[=o]rn); p. pr. & vb. n. {Wearing}. Before the 15th century wear was a weak verb, the imp. & p. p. being {Weared}.] [OE. weren, werien, AS. werian to carry, to wear, as arms or clothes; akin… …
27abrasion — 1. An excoriation, or circumscribed removal of the superficial layers of skin or mucous membrane. SYN: abraded wound. 2. A scraping away of a portion of the surface. 3. In dentistry, the pathological grinding …
28waste — Synonyms and related words: Arabia Deserta, Death Valley, Sahara, abate, ablate, ablation, absorption, acarpous, afterglow, afterimage, arid, assimilation, atrophy, attenuate, attrition, back, back of beyond, back country, backwood, backwoods,… …
29drain — Synonyms and related words: abate, ablate, ablation, abrade, abridge, absorb, absorption, abstract, abuse, achromatize, acquire, air dry, anhydrate, assimilate, assimilation, attrition, bake, bankrupt, bate, bereave, blackmail, blanch, bleach,… …
30abrade — abrade, excoriate, chafe, fret, gall mean to affect a surface by rubbing, scraping, or wearing away. Abrade usually implies rubbing or scraping by something hard or harsh: when the surface rubbed or scraped is soft, injury results, but when it… …
