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  • 91surprise — 1 noun 1 EVENT (C) an unexpected or unusual event: Joan! What a lovely surprise to see you again! | surprise visit/announcement/attack etc: Let s pay grandma a surprise visit. | US forces launched a surprise attack on the Panamanian capital. |… …

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  • 92spring — 1. verb 1) the cat sprang off her lap Syn: leap, jump, bound, vault, hop 2) the branch sprang back Syn: fly, whip, flick, whisk, kick, bounce 3) …

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  • 93unexpected */*/ — UK [ˌʌnɪkˈspektɪd] / US [ˌʌnɪkˈspektəd] adjective something that is unexpected is surprising, because you did not expect it at all, or you expected it to happen in a different way Help came from an unexpected quarter. Her divorce was totally… …

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  • 94pop — I. /pɒp / (say pop) verb (popped, popping) –verb (i) 1. to make a short, quick, explosive sound or report: the cork popped. 2. to burst open with such a sound, as chestnuts or corn in roasting. 3. to come or go (in, into, out, etc.) quickly,… …

  • 95run — [c]/rʌn / (say run) verb (ran, run, running) –verb (i) 1. to move quickly on foot, so as to go more rapidly than in walking (in bipedal locomotion, so that for an instant in each step neither foot is on the ground). 2. to do this for exercise, as …

  • 96sudden — /ˈsʌdn / (say sudn) adjective 1. happening, coming, made, or done quickly, without warning or unexpectedly: a sudden attack. 2. sharp; abrupt: a sudden turn. 3. Originally World War I Colloquial outrageous in one s behaviour or one s treatment of …

  • 97ZIONISM — This article is arranged according to the following outline: the word and its meaning forerunners ḤIBBAT ZION ROOTS OF ḤIBBAT ZION background to the emergence of the movement the beginnings of the movement PINSKER S AUTOEMANCIPATION settlement… …

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  • 98At unaware — Unawares Un a*wares , adv. Without design or preparation; suddenly; without premeditation, unexpectedly. Mercies lighting unawares. J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster] Lest unawares we lose This our high place, our sanctuary, our hill. Milton. [1913… …

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  • 99At unawares — Unawares Un a*wares , adv. Without design or preparation; suddenly; without premeditation, unexpectedly. Mercies lighting unawares. J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster] Lest unawares we lose This our high place, our sanctuary, our hill. Milton. [1913… …

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  • 100Fall — (f[add]l), v. i. [imp. {Fell} (f[e^]l); p. p. {Fallen} (f[add]l n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Falling}.] [AS. feallan; akin to D. vallen, OS. & OHG. fallan, G. fallen, Icel. Falla, Sw. falla, Dan. falde, Lith. pulti, L. fallere to deceive, Gr. sfa llein… …

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