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• blow — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 hard knock that hits sb/sth ADJECTIVE ▪ hard, heavy, nasty, painful, powerful, severe, sharp, stinging, violent …   Collocations dictionary

• blow — blow1 /bloh/, n. 1. a sudden, hard stroke with a hand, fist, or weapon: a blow to the head. 2. a sudden shock, calamity, reversal, etc.: His wife s death was a terrible blow to him. 3. a sudden attack or drastic action: The invaders struck a blow …   Universalium

• blow — I [[t]blo͟ʊ[/t]] VERB USES ♦♦ blows, blowing, blew, blown (Please look at category 15 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.) 1) VERB When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves. A chill wind blew at the top… …   English dictionary

• blow — 01. The wind [blows] cold across the plains in winter. 02. He [blew] a tire about six minutes into the race and had to stop. 03. I really [blew] it with my new girlfriend. I forgot her birthday and then called her by my old girlfriend s name. 04 …   Grammatical examples in English

• blow up phrasal — verb 1 (I, T) to destroy something, or to be destroyed, by an explosion: The plane blew up in midair. (blow sth up): Rebels attempted to blow up the bridge. 2 (transitive blow something up) to fill something with air or gas: Stop at the gas… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• blow up — {v.} 1a. To break or destroy or to be destroyed by explosion. * /He blew up the plane by means of a concealed bomb./ * /The fireworks factory blew up when something went wrong in an electric switch./ 1b. {informal} To explode with anger or strong …   Dictionary of American idioms

• blow up — {v.} 1a. To break or destroy or to be destroyed by explosion. * /He blew up the plane by means of a concealed bomb./ * /The fireworks factory blew up when something went wrong in an electric switch./ 1b. {informal} To explode with anger or strong …   Dictionary of American idioms

• terrible — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, seem, sound ADVERB ▪ really, truly ▪ I thought something …   Collocations dictionary

• Gunpowder Plot — The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, or the Powder Treason, as it was known at the time, [Antonia Fraser, The Gunpowder Plot: Terror and Faith in 1605 , London, 2002, Author s Note, pg. xv. ISBN 0 75381 401 3] was a failed assassination attempt by a group …   Wikipedia

• Leon Trotsky — Infobox Officeholder name = Leon Trotsky nationality = Russian small caption = order =People s Commissar for Army and Navy Affairs term start =March 13, 1918 term end =January 6, 1925 vicepresident = deputy =Ephraim Sklyansky predecessor =Nikolai …   Wikipedia

• blouse — [ blaus ] noun count * 1. ) a shirt for women: a cotton/silk/nylon blouse a sleeveless blouse 2. ) AMERICAN a short loose jacket that fits tightly around the waist, worn by soldiers as part of their uniform blow2 blow 2 [ blou ] noun count ** 1.… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English