Oxford Dictionary of English Quotes

“stalk2 v. 1 [with obj.] pursue or approach stealthily: a cat stalking a bird. harass or persecute (someone) with unwanted and obsessive attention: for five years she was stalked by a man who would taunt and threaten her.”
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“short written or spoken examination of a person's proficiency or knowledge:”
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“pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis n. [mass noun] an artificial long word said to mean a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine ash and sand dust.”
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“a”
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“country in southern Asia occupying the greater part of the Indian subcontinent; pop. 1,045,845,226 (est. 2002); official languages, Hindi and English (fourteen other languages are recognized as official in certain regions; of these, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu have most first-language speakers); capital, New Delhi. Hindi name BHARAT.”
― Angus Stevenson, Oxford Dictionary of English

“India”
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“[BIOLOGY]”
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“sporting”
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“herpesvirus”
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“promenade concert n. BRITISH a concert of classical music at which a part of the audience stands in an area without seating, for which tickets are sold at a reduced price. The most famous series of such concerts is the annual BBC Promenade Concerts (known as the Proms), instituted by Sir Henry Wood in 1895.”
― Catherine Soanes, Oxford Dictionary of English

“dress”
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“Ford3 Harrison (b.1942), American actor. He became internationally famous with his leading roles in the science-fiction film Star Wars (1977) and its two sequels.”
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“Lucas George (Walton) (b.1944), American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He wrote and directed the science-fiction film Star Wars (1977),”
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“relating to or denoting multicellular glands which do not lose cytoplasm in their secretions, especially the sweat glands.”
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“[mass”
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“fading or being lost. ARCHAIC live; dwell. abidance n. (ARCHAIC) Old English ābīdan ‘wait’, from ā- ‘onwards’ + bīdan (see BIDE). abiding adj. (of a feeling or memory)”
― Angus Stevenson, Oxford Dictionary of English

“n. drug abusers”
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“abused”
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“being 210 × 297 mm. 2 a shape like that of a capital A: [in combination] an A-shape. 3 [MUSIC] the sixth note of the diatonic scale of C major. The A above middle C is usually used as the basis for tuning and in modern music has a standard frequency of 440 Hz. a key based on a scale with A as its keynote. from A to B from one's starting point to one's destination: most road atlases will get you from A to B. from A to Z over the entire range; completely. A2 abbr. (in card games) ace: you cash ♥AK. against (heading the column in a table of sports results which shows the goals or points scored against each club). INFORMAL A level. ampere(s). (å) ångstrom(s). answer: Q: What is a hung parliament?”
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“NSPCC”
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“province”
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“of”
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“bass3”
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“About this Book Copyright © 2009 Oxford University Press eBook Copyright © 2010”
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“a person who is very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about an activity, subject, or pastime:”
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“kindle1”
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“It was first run in 1779. [ named after a nearby estate.] [usually with modifier] a flat horse race similar to that on Epsom Downs run on another course: the Irish Oaks. great oaks from little”
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“minimum”
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“2 [count noun] INFORMAL a stupid person:”
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“arduous”
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