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to praise, give recognition to
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honor
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She was ~ed by the mayor with a good citizenship award/
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to travel by boat
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sail
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We ~ed across the lake and back.
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mentally ill, crazy
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insane
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The doctors knew the man was ~ when he heard voices in an empty room.
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the direction of a movement
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path
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He stood in the ~ of a moving truck
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to protect against attack
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defend
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The army ~ed the city.
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a scientist who studies heavenly bodies and outer space
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astronomer
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Many ~s work at night, looking at the stars.
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a large system of stars
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galaxy
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Our ~ is called the Milky Way.
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to prove that s.t. is untrue (syn.) to refute
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disprove
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The lawyer ~ed her opponent's claim, so her client went free.
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to make a judgment about (the price of s.t.)
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estimate
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The dealer ~ed the value of my painting at $1,000.
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a thousand billions and written as 1,000,000,000,000
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trillion
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The government spending deficit went into the ~s of dollars.
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to evaluate art, music, theater, etc. as a profession
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criticize
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The newspaper's theater critic ~ed the new play as dull.
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n. an optical instrument used to make distant objects seem larger
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telescope
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Observatories use giant ~s to look at the sky.
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an area of learning
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knowledge
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The study of English (math, history, etc.) is a field of ~.
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a source or instrument of power or energy
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force
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The ~ of the wind knocked over a tree
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to pay no attention to, overlook
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ignore
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The teacher ~ed my spelling mistakes and looked only for my meaning.
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