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  • 21Royal Observer Corps — Ensign Active 1925–1996 Country …

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  • 22hug — hugger, n. huggingly, adv. /hug/, v., hugged, hugging, n. v.t. 1. to clasp tightly in the arms, esp. with affection; embrace. 2. to cling firmly or fondly to; cherish: to hug an opinion. 3. to keep close to, as in sailing, walking, or in moving… …

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  • 23grasp — I (mastery) noun ability, apprehension, clasp, cognition, compass, competence, comprehension, conception, embrace, grip, handle, hold, judgment, ken, knowledge, mastery, perception, purchase, range, reach, retention, savvy, scope, seizure, sense …

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  • 24grapple — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. seize, grasp, clutch, struggle, contend. See opposition, contention. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [Fasten] Syn. hook, catch, close; see fasten 1 , join 1 . 2. [Fight hand to hand] Syn. engage, close,… …

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  • 25hug — [[t]hʌg[/t]] v. hugged, hug•ging, n. 1) to clasp tightly in the arms, esp. with affection; embrace: to hug a child[/ex] 2) to cling firmly or fondly to; cherish: to hug a belief[/ex] 3) to keep close to, as in sailing or in moving along or… …

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  • 26hug — [c]/hʌg / (say hug) verb (hugged, hugging) –verb (t) 1. to clasp tightly in the arms, especially with affection; embrace. 2. to cling firmly or fondly to: to hug an opinion. 3. to keep close to, as in sailing, horseracing or going along: to hug… …

  • 27Johannes Steinhoff — Infobox Military Person name=Johannes Steinhoff born=birth date|1913|9|15|df=y died=death date and age|1994|2|21|1913|9|15|df=y placeofbirth=Bottendorf, Thuringia placeofdeath=Bonn placeofburial= caption=Johannes Steinhoff nickname=Macky… …

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  • 28hand tool — any tool or implement designed for manual operation. * * * Introduction  any of the implements used by craftsmen in manual operations, such as chopping, chiseling, sawing, filing, or forging. Complementary tools, often needed as auxiliaries to… …

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  • 29сжимать — СЖИМАТЬ1, несов. (сов. сжать), кого что. Давить (сдавить) кого , что л., плотно прилегая, окружая, крепко обхватывая; Син.: сдавливать, стискивать [impf. to grip, clasp, hold (something) tightly; to embrace, hug; to cuddle, hold close to show… …

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  • 30strain — I. noun Etymology: Middle English streen progeny, lineage, from Old English strēon gain, acquisition; akin to Old High German gistriuni gain, Latin struere to heap up more at strew Date: 13th century 1. a. lineage, ancestry b. a group of presumed …

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