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soufflé.noun,.plural.soufflés
a light, fluffy baked dish
made with egg yolks and beaten egg whites combined with various other ingredients
and served as a main dish or sweetened as a dessert
soufflé,
souffléd.adjectives
skullduggery.noun,.plural.skullduggeries
crafty.deception
or trickery
or an.instance
of it, usually for monetary.advantage;
verbal.misrepresentation.intended
to take advantage of you
smack,
smacked,
smacking,
smacks.verbs
transitive
verb use.to
press together and open the lips quickly and noisily, as in eating or tasting;
to kiss noisily
intransitive
verb use.to
make or give a smack; to collide sharply and noisily (the ball smacked
against the side of the house)
smack.noun,.plural.smacks
the loud, sharp sound of
smacking; a noisy kiss
smack.adverb
directly
("we were smack in the middle of another controversy
about a public man's personal life" ...Ellen
Goodman)
smack,
smacked,
smacking,
smacks.verbs
transitive verb use.to
strike sharply and with a loud noise
intransitive verb use.to
make or give a smack; to collide
sharply and noisily (not realizing there was glass in front of him, he
smacked into the glass with his nose)
smack.noun,.plural.smacks
the loud, sharp sound of
smacking; a sharp blow or slap
smack.adverb
with a smack (fell smack
on her back)
smack.noun,.plural.smacks
a distinctive
flavor or taste
smack,
smacked,
smacking,
smacks.intransitive
verbs
to have a distinctive flavor
or taste; to give an indication;
be suggestive
smack.noun,.plural.smacks
a suggestion or trace;
a small amount; a smattering
steppingstone.noun,.plural.steppingstones
a stone that is used to
step on, as in crossing a stream; an advantageous.position
for advancement.toward
a goal
step.noun,.plural.steps
the single.complete.movement
of raising one foot and putting
it down in another spot, as in walking and climbing stairs (steps in the
mud); stairs are called steps (where are the steps to the basement?); a
stage
in a process (she followed every
step in the instructions)
step,
stepped,
stepping,
steps.verbs
intransitive verb use.to
put or press the foot (step on the gas); to shift or move slightly by taking
a step or two (step back from the curb, why?)
transitive verb use.to
put or set the foot down (step foot on land)
step up.or.step
down.phrasal
verbs
to increase (stepping up
to a higher form of living); to resign
from a responsible position
of work; step down is decreasing in
stages, such as, a step down gear in an vehicle's transmission or,
in electricity, a potentiometer
and a step down transformer;
a step down is a reduction in amount or size
step out.phrasal
verb
to leave from a building
where one is and go somewhere else (stepped out into the backyard to see
the geese fly overhead)
in step with.idiom
moving in rhythm;
in conformity with one's environment
(in step with the times; being in step with another is getting along with
them)
out of step.idiom
not moving in rhythm (recruits
marching out of step; not in conformity with one's environment (out of
step with the times or with another)
step by step.idiom
by degrees
step on it.idiom
to go faster; hurry
steppe.noun,.plural.steppes
a vast.semiarid
grass-covered plain, as found in
southeast Europe, Siberia
and central North America
snatch,
snatched,
snatching,
snatches.verbs
transitive verb use.to
grasp
or seize.hastily,
eagerly
or suddenly
intransitive verb use.to
make grasping or seizing motions
(snatched at the lamp cord; snatched at the chance by buying a lottery
ticket)
snatch.noun,.plural.snatches
the act
of snatching; a quick grasp or grab; a brief.period
of time: a small amount; a bit
or fragment (a snatch of dialogue)
snatcher.noun,.plural.snatchers
save.preposition
with the exception
of; apart from; except (everyone's
going save Martha who is off to see her mother); you can use save to introduce
the only things, people or ideas that your main statement does not apply
to (there is almost no water at all in Mochudi save that brought up from
bore holes; 'save for' means the same as 'save' (the parking lot was virtually
empty save for a few cars clustered to one side; she answered all the questions
save one; little is known about his early life save that he had a brother)
save.conjunction
were it not; except (he
house would be finished by now, save that we had difficulty contracting
a roofer); unless; you can use save
to introduce the only things, people or ideas that your main statement
does not apply to (there is almost no water at all in some places in the
desert save that brought up from bore holes)
save,
saved,
saving,
saves.verbs
transitive verb use.to
rescue
from harm,
danger
or loss; to set free from the consequences
of sin;
redeem;
to keep in a safe condition;
safeguard;
to prevent the waste or loss of;
to treat with care by avoiding.fatigue,
wear
or damage;
spare
(save one's eyesight); to make unnecessary;
obviate
(your taking the trunk to the attic has saved me an extra trip); in sports,
to prevent a goal, score or win by an opponent);
in computers, to copy a file from a computer's main memory to a disk or
other storage medium so that it
can be used again
intransitive verb use.to
avoid waste or expense; economize;
to accumulate money (saving
for a vacation); to preserve
a person or thing from harm or loss
save.noun,.plural.saves
in sports, an act that prevents
an opponent from scoring
save your breath.idiom
to refrain
from a making a futile.appeal
or effort (you might as well save
your breath in talking to them, because they don't care at all)
savable.or.saveable.adjective
saver.noun,.plural.savers
savior.also.saviour,.plurals.saviors,
saviours
the Savior called Emmanuel;
one who rescues another from harm,
danger or loss:.John
4:42.
save,
saved,
saving,
saves.verbs
conserve;
to set aside for future use; store
intransitive verb use.to
accumulate
money (saving for a vacation)
self-induced.adjective
induced
by oneself or itself
snippet.noun,.plural.snippets
a bit,
scrap
or morsel (saving the quotes of
Einstein for an overview of his
character)
snip,
snipped,
snipping,
snips.verbs
intransitive verb use.to
cut, clip or separate.something
with short, quick.strokes;
if you snip something or if you snip at or through
something, you cut it quickly using sharp scissors (he was snipping the
piece of paper; she snipped a length of new bandage and placed it around
his arm)
intransitive verb use.to
cut or clip with short, quick strokes
snip.noun,.plural.snips
a small cut made with scissors
or shears; an instance of snipping
or the sound produced by snipping; a small piece cut or clipped off; hand
shears used in cutting sheet metal
self-gratification.noun
the act of giving oneself
pleasure or of satisfying one's own desires
stronghold.noun,.plural.strongholds
a fortified
place or a fortress; a place of
survival or refuge (ancient David
lived
in a stronghold, as did most kings of that time and even today; David
had many mighty men with him:.2Samuel
23:8-39;.Isaiah
33:16,17)
Sir Francis Drake
English navigator
of the sixteenth century, since
1550 A.D.; the first Englishman to
sail around the world; Drake often raided Spanish treasure ships; he participated
in the destruction of the Spanish Armada,
where a fleet of over a hundred ships sent by King Philip II of Spain to
conquer
England in 1588 was destroyed by a combination of English seamanship, Dutch
reinforcements and bad weather, causing about half the Spanish ships to
be lost, several thousand Spaniards to be killed and, the defeat of the
Armada was a sharp blow to the influence and prestige of Spain in the world.
This provided an important step in England's ascent
to power. Like all physical things called invincible,
as this Armada was called, they just aren't, all the words being simply
hubristic.ego
generated.nonsense,
such as, the unsinkable ship Titanic
and the unburnable stadium in Chicago, McCormick Place, the unsinkable
oil platform Ocean Ranger and even pompous
persons (*).
In God there is invincibility,
invisibility,
translucency
and such like
phenomenalistic.occurrences
saint.noun,.plural.saints
in the.Holy
Bible.the
original word 'saint' means 'holy';
a man or woman is holy when they are of high
consciousness, the same consciousness the Creator has:.Colossians
1:12 "Giving thanks unto the Father, which has made us meet to be partakers
of the inheritance of the saints
in light."; the word saint was not used as
a distinctive title of any
the apostles and evangelists
and of any 'spiritual nobility' till
the fourth century A.D. and as
such, the word saint is not a specific.scriptural
title for any individual like Saint Peter, Saint Theresa, Saint Paul, etc.,
as though they should be recognized
by canonization as being entitled
to public veneration and capable
of interceding for people
on Earth; all true people of God, whether
passed on or here on Earth, are called saints with or without a title;
a member of any of various religious groups, such as Latter-Day Saints,
also known as Mormons; a virtuous
man, woman or child as Joan
of Arc was
saint,
sainted,
sainting,
saints.transitive
verbs
to name, recognize or venerate
as a saint; canonize
saintly,
saintlier,
saintliest.adjectives
of,
relating.to,
resembling
or befitting a saint
saintliness.noun,.plural.saintlinesses
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