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lady.noun,.plural.ladies
a well-mannered
and considerate
woman with high standards
of proper.behavior;
a virtuous
woman; a well-behaved young girl; a woman who is the head of a household
Lady Jane Grey.noun.1537-1554
A.D.
Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was
quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for the false charge of treason;
conspiracies
ran rampant
at this time of evil in England's satanically
influenced history, some 500 years ago, only 7-8 generations ago and today,
we're still coming out from repercussions
of evil (example)
look, looked,
looking,
looks.verbs
intransitive
verb use.to
employ
one's sight, especially in a given direction or on a given object (looking
out the window; looked at the scratch
on the floor); to search (we looked all over the yard
and finally found it); to turn
one's glance
or gaze
(looked to the right); to turn one's attention;
attend
(will look to the car's neglected.mechanical
work at vacation
time); to turn one's expectations
(looked for a solution);
to.seem.or.appear.to
be
(she looked morose);
to face in a specified
direction (the cottage looks on the river)
transitive
verb use.to
turn one's eyes on (looked him in the eye); to have an appearance of conformity
with (she looks much younger than her age; she dressed up to look the part);
to appear to be (packed his luggage and looked as if he would be going
soon)
look.noun,.plural.looks
the act
or instance
of looking (I took just one look and I was sure);
a gaze or glance
expressive
of
something (she had a cunning
look about her); appearance
or aspect
(a look of great joy);
a distinctive,
unified.manner
of dress
or fashion
(the preferred
look for this fall)
look after.phrasal
verb
to take care of (looked after his younger brother)
look out for
if you look out for something or someone, you
care
enough to notice
if something needs done to help (James
1:27 "Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this,
To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction...)
look for.phrasal
verb
to search for; seek (looking for my gloves); to
expect
(look for a change of weather in March and September)
lookout.phrasal
verb
to be watchful or careful; take care (if you don't
look out, you may fall on the ice; we looked out for each other on the
trip
look to.phrasal
verb
to expect (he looked to hear from her)
look up.phrasal
verb
to search for and find, as in a reference
book; to visit
(look up an old friend); to become better; improve
(things are looking up)
look a gift horse in the
mouth.idiom
examine.carefully
to be sure you are not being taken
advantage of; to be critical
or suspicious
of something one has received
without expense
look alive.phrasal
verb
to act
or respond.quickly
(look alive! we leave in five minutes); look down on or look down upon;
to regard
with contempt
or condescension
look down one's nose at.or.look
down one's nose on.phrasal verb
to regard with contempt or condescension
look forward to.phrasal
verb
to think of a future event with pleasurable, eager.anticipation
(looking forward to graduation)
look up to.phrasal
verb
to admire
(looked up to the older poet)
lactic acid.noun
a syrupy, water soluble.liquid,
C3H6O3,
produced as a result of anaerobic.glucose.metabolism
and present in sour
milk, molasses, various
fruits and wines; a synthetic.form
of the compound
is used in foods and beverages as a flavoring
and preservative,
in dyeing and textile
printing and in various pharmaceutical.concoctions
larynx.noun,.plural.larynxes.or.larynges
the part of the respiratory.tract
between the pharynx and the trachea,
having walls of cartilage and
muscle
and containing
the vocal cords enveloped in
folds of mucous membrane
livery.noun,.plural.liveries
the boarding
and care of horses for a fee; the
hiring
out of horses and carriages; a livery stable;
a business that offers vehicles, such as automobiles or boats, for hire;
a distinctive.uniform
worn by the male servants of a household; the distinctive dress worn by
the members of a particular.group;
liveried.adjective
from 14th century Middle
English from earlier Anglo-French
'liveree', 'livree' meaning, 'delivery' and from 'liverer' meaning 'to
deliver' and from Latin 'liberare'
meaning 'to free'
livestock.noun
animals
such as cattle and sheep which are kept on a farm are referred to as livestock;
domestic
animals, such as cattle or horses, raised for home use or for profit, especially
on a farm (livestock prices; a livestock auction)
lost.verb
past
tense and past
participle of lose
lost.adjective
unable to find one's the
way one may think is best (a lost purse); if something is lost or gets
lost, you cannot find it, for example because you have forgotten where
you put it (a lost book; he was scrabbling
for his pen, which had got lost somewhere under the sheets of paper); if
you feel lost, you feel very uncomfortable because you are in an unfamiliar
situation; lost is being no longer in the possession, care or control of
someone or something (a lost pen); no longer known or practiced (a lost
art); unable to function, act or make progress (felt lost while his laptop
was in for repair); completely involved or absorbed; rapt
(lost in thought)
lose,
lost,
losing,
loses.verbs
transitive verb use.to
be unsuccessful in retaining possession of; mislay (he often loses his
keys on the way out the door); to come to be deprived
of the ownership, care or control of something one has had, as by negligence,
accident or theft (I've lost three umbrellas this year)
intransitive verb use.to
suffer loss; to be defeated
lose out.phrasal
verb
to fail to achieve or receive
an expected gain
lose out on.idiom
to miss an opportunity,
for example
lose time.idiom
doing too slowly what it
is that you may be doing
leather.noun,.plural.leathers
the dressed
or tanned.hide
of an animal, usually
with the hair removed; any of various.articles
or parts made of dressed
or tanned hide, such as a boot or strap
leather,
leathered,
leathering,
leathers.transitive
verbs
to cover wholly
or in part with the dressed or tanned hide of an animal; to beat
with a strap made of hide
leather.adjective
made of,
relating.to.or.resembling
dressed or tanned animal hide
limb.noun,.plural.limbs
one of the larger branches
of a tree; one of the jointed.appendages
of an animal or human,
such
as an arm, a leg, a hand, a wing or a flipper, used for locomotion
or grasping
limb,
limbed,
limbing,
limbs.transitive
verbs
out on a limb.idiom
in a difficult,
awkward
or vulnerable.position
launch,
launched,
launching,
launches.verbs
to launch a ship or a boat
means to put it into water; to launch a large and important activity means
to start it (police have launched an investigation into the incident);
if a company launches a new product, it makes it available to the public
(Crabtree & Evelyn has just launched a new jam, Worcesterberry Preserve;
Marks & Spencer recently hired model Linda Evangelista to launch its
new range)
transitive verb use.to
throw
or propel with force;
hurl
(launch an arrow); in nautical.terms,
to put a boat into the water in readiness
for use; initiate
(launch a research project; launch a business.venture)
intransitive verb use.to
begin
a new venture or phase;
embark
(launched out on her own after college); to enter enthusiastically
into something;
plunge
(launched into a description of her exciting project)
launch.noun,.plural.launches
the act
of launching; a launch is a large open motorboat that is used for carrying
people on rivers and lakes and in harbors (the launch of a new cruise ship
able to carry 2000 passengers was a big occasion)
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