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• door — [ dɔr ] noun count *** 1. ) a large flat object you open when you want to enter or leave a building, room, or vehicle: a little house with a red door The door creaked slowly open. There was a draft coming from under the door. open/close/shut the… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• door */*/*/ — UK [dɔː(r)] / US [dɔr] noun [countable] Word forms door : singular door plural doors 1) a) a large flat object that you open when you want to enter or leave a building, room, or vehicle a little cottage with a red door The door creaked slowly… …   English dictionary

• The Greek Passion — 1st English edition (publ. Bruno Cassirer) The Greek Passion or Christ Recrucified (Ο Χριστός Ξανασταυρώνεται Christ is Recrucified ) is a 1948 novel by Nikos Kazantzakis. Plot summary The story concerns the attempts of a Greek village community… …   Wikipedia

• creak — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ loud ▪ slight VERB + CREAK ▪ give ▪ The gate gave a loud creak as he pushed it open. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• creak — [[t]kri͟ːk[/t]] creaks, creaking, creaked VERB If something creaks, it makes a short, high pitched sound when it moves. The bed springs creaked... The steps creaked beneath his feet. [V adj] The door creaked open... [V ing] ...the creaking stairs …   English dictionary

• creak — [kri:k] v [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: From the sound] if something such as a door, wooden floor, old bed, or stair creaks, it makes a long high noise when someone opens it, walks on it, sits on it etc ▪ The floorboards creaked as she walked across… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• slip — slip1 slipless, adj. slippingly, adv. /slip/, v., slipped or (Archaic) slipt; slipped; slipping; n. v.i. 1. to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface. 2. to slide suddenly or involuntarily; to… …   Universalium

• performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …   Universalium

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• weight — noun 1 amount sth weighs ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, enormous, great, heavy, immense ▪ light ▪ extra ▪ …   Collocations dictionary