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to set off a train of events

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  • train — train1 W2S1 [treın] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(railway)¦ 2¦(series)¦ 3 train of thought 4 bring something in its train 5 set something in train 6¦(people/animals)¦ 7¦(dress)¦ 8¦(servants)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1400 1500; …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • set — 1 /set/ verb past tense and past participle set PUT DOWN 1 PUT (transitive always + adv/prep) to carefully put something down somewhere, especially something that is difficult to carry: set sth down/on etc: She set the tray down on a table next… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • train — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 engine pulling coaches/cars ADJECTIVE ▪ railroad (AmE), railway (BrE) ▪ metro, subway (AmE), tube (BrE), underground (esp. BrE) ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • train — train1 [ treın ] noun count *** 1. ) a group of railroad cars that are connected and pulled by an engine: a freight/passenger train by train: We traveled across China by train. train to: I met her on a train to New York. board/get on a train:… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • train */*/*/ — I UK [treɪn] / US noun [countable] Word forms train : singular train plural trains 1) a group of railway vehicles that are connected and pulled by an engine a freight/passenger train by train: We travelled across China by train. train to: I met… …   English dictionary

  • train — 1 /treIn/ noun (C) 1 RAILWAY a number of connected carriages pulled by an engine along a railway line: Jeff just missed the six o clock train. (+ to): I caught the early train to Bruges. | by train: It s more relaxing to travel by train. | train… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • set — I [[t]se̱t[/t]] NOUN USES ♦ sets 1) N COUNT: oft N of n A set of things is a number of things that belong together or that are thought of as a group. There must be one set of laws for the whole of the country... I might need a spare set of… …   English dictionary

  • Events in the Wheel of Time series — This article is about the fictional world history of Robert Jordan s The Wheel of Time fantasy fiction series.CreationThe world was created by the Creator, driven by the Wheel of Time, with existence unfolding in the turning of seven ages. As the …   Wikipedia

  • Off-roading — A Land Rover Defender 90 off roading Off roading is a term for driving a vehicle on unsurfaced roads or tracks, made of materials such as sand, gravel, riverbeds, mud, snow, rocks, and other natural terrain. Contents 1 …   Wikipedia

  • Events leading to the Falklands War — There were many events leading to the 1982 Falklands War ( Guerra de Malvinas in Spanish) between the United Kingdom and Argentina over possession of the Falkland Islands ( Islas Malvinas ) and South Georgia ( Georgia del Sur ).BackgroundThe… …   Wikipedia

  • Great Train Robbery (1963) — The Great Train Robbery is the name given to a £2.6 million train robbery committed on 8 August 1963 at Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, England.[1] The bulk of the stolen money was not recovered. It was probably… …   Wikipedia

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