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• proposed a toast — toasted someone with a drink, raised glasses in honor of a person, drank to someone s health …   English contemporary dictionary

• toast — I UK [təʊst] / US [toʊst] noun Word forms toast : singular toast plural toasts * 1) [uncountable] bread that has been heated until its outside is brown and hard toast and marmalade a slice of toast beans/cheese/tomatoes on toast 2) [countable] an …   English dictionary

• toast — toast1 [ toust ] noun * 1. ) uncount bread that has been heated until its outside is brown and hard: toast and jam a slice of toast 2. ) count an occasion when people all drink together and say someone s name in order to show their admiration or… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Toast — Toast, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Toasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Toasting}.] [OF. toster to roast, toast, fr. L. torrere, tostum, to parch, roast. See {Torrid}.] 1. To dry and brown by the heat of a fire; as, to toast bread. [1913 Webster] 2. To warm… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Toast (honor) — For other uses, see Toast (disambiguation). Hip, Hip, Hurrah! by Danish painter P.S. Krøyer, 1888 A toast is a ritual in which a drink is taken as an expression of honor or goodwill. The term may be applied to the person or thing so honored, the… …   Wikipedia

• toast — {{11}}toast (n.1) a call to drink to someone s health, 1700 (but said by Steele, 1709, to date to the reign of Charles II), originally referring to the beautiful or popular woman whose health is proposed and drunk, from the use of spiced TOAST… …   Etymology dictionary

• toast — I. /toʊst / (say tohst) noun 1. bread in slices browned on both surfaces by heat. –verb (t) 2. to brown, as bread or cheese, by exposure to heat. 3. to heat or warm thoroughly at a fire. –verb (i) 4. to become toasted. –phrase 5. be toast,… …  

• toast — 1. noun /təʊst,toʊst/ a) Toasted bread. I ate a piece of toast for breakfast. b) A proposed salutation (e.g. to say cheers ) while drinking alcohol. All toasters toast toast …   Wiktionary

• Loyal Toast — The Loyal Toast is the first toast to be given at a formal gathering by the presiding person. The words used in the toast differ between countries and specific types of gatherings.The Loyal Toast, simply the words The Queen , is used within the… …   Wikipedia

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• German–Soviet Axis talks — In October and November 1940, German–Soviet Axis talks occurred concerning the Soviet Union s potential entry as a fourth Axis Power. The negotiations included a two day Berlin conference between Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov, Adolf… …   Wikipedia