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08591269-n:
a country with a king as head of state
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08873147-n:
a slang term for Great Britain used by British troops serving abroad
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08173515-n:
an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members
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08174398-n:
an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security
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08858248-n:
Great Britain and Ireland and adjacent islands in the north Atlantic
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08871007-n:
a division of the United Kingdom
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08887841-n:
a division of the United Kingdom located on the northern part of the island of Ireland
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08890097-n:
one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts
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08894456-n:
one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria
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02958017-a:
of Britain
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00004817-a:
(British informal) summarized or abridged
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00075618-n:
something badly botched or muddled
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00076393-n:
a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate
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00089657-n:
finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way
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00092136-a:
(British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked
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00149686-a:
cunning and sly
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00162236-n:
a selection or decision purely at random
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00167520-a:
(British informal) pretty and neat
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00168911-n:
a secret move (to avoid paying debts)
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00209301-n:
temporary dismissal of a student from a university
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00218673-a:
(informal British) sexually attractive
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00259820-a:
not characteristic of the upper classes especially in language use
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00261735-a:
(chiefly British) of or appropriate to the upper classes especially in language use
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00292386-n:
a walk around a territory (a parish or manor or forest etc.) in order to officially assert and record its boundaries
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00307314-n:
a section along the route of a bus for which the fare is the same
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00450866-n:
a sport in which people ride across country on ponies
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00459953-a:
(British informal) stark naked
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00470966-n:
a form of football played with an oval ball
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00479734-n:
a game resembling handball; played on a court with a front wall and two side walls
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00501479-n:
a table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over
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00504844-n:
a lottery in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum
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00504975-n:
a simple board game in which players move counters according to the throw of dice
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00505871-n:
a game in which coins or discs are slid by hand across a board toward a mark
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00508340-n:
a game in which prizes (e.g., candies or coins) are concealed in a container and for a small sum a player can draw one out at random
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00510922-n:
vulgar expression for a bout of heavy drinking
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00514658-n:
a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)
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00538876-n:
a British solo dance performed by sailors
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00550242-n:
an abbreviation of pantomime
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00575657-n:
an easy task
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00585810-n:
the job of a head of a government department
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00593219-n:
the position of headmaster or headmistress
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00619142-n:
cost accounting
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00637145-n:
(formerly in Britain) an examination taken by 11 and 12 year old students to select suitable candidates for grammar school
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00653617-a:
(British informal) cross-eyed
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00780615-n:
British slang for a swindle
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00795161-n:
a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes
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00817507-n:
(during World War II in Britain) watching for fires started by bombs that dropped from the sky
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00854393-n:
(British informal) cuddle and kiss
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00858742-n:
a nap
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00874547-a:
lively and brisk
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00882045-n:
British slang for a look
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00896688-n:
drill on a barracks square
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00897989-n:
a review that refreshes your memory
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00970803-a:
the usual or familiar type
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00972354-a:
(British informal) very chic
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00985921-n:
a quick look around (originally military slang)
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01019450-a:
(British informal) sore or lame
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01020117-n:
the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape
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01027832-a:
used of a radio receiver that is adaptable to all voltages
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01054367-a:
(British informal) malodorous
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01064758-n:
a long stay in bed in the morning
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01070566-n:
the control of traffic by a policeman stationed at an intersection
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01087740-n:
benefits paid to bring incomes up to minimum levels established by law
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01118614-n:
an outdoor sale at which people sell things from the trunk of their car
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01129371-a:
severe; punishingly bad
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01135795-n:
keeping watch over examination candidates to prevent cheating
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01138450-a:
(British informal) ill-tempered or annoyed
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01172598-n:
(informal British usage) aggravation or aggression
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01177583-n:
a fistfight
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01242354-n:
a form of protest by workers in which they deliberately slow down in order to cause problem from their employers
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01268837-a:
humorless and disapproving
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01269819-a:
somewhat hungry
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01270628-n:
the prolonged bombardment of British cities by the German Luftwaffe during World War II and the aerial combat that accompanied it
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01274741-a:
(British informal) faulty
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01281874-a:
(British informal) trivial
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01391074-a:
(British informal) enormous
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01440422-a:
of a gilt-edged security; having more than 15 years to run before redemption
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01443581-a:
of a gilt-edged security; having less than 5 years to run before redemption
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01526262-a:
of or involving food to be taken and eaten off the premises
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01536445-a:
of or relating to British universities founded in the late 19th century or the 20th century
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01587643-a:
very unpleasant or offensive
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01709354-a:
postpaid
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01710054-a:
free of charge
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01739808-a:
having been paved
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01805618-a:
very pleased
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01850742-a:
(British informal) upstart
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01861095-a:
snobbish; pretentiously superior
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01891638-v:
shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively
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02100236-a:
of the elder of two boys with the same family name
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02101240-a:
of the younger of two boys with the same family name
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02199523-a:
denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items or units in Great Britain
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02199813-a:
one quintillion in Great Britain
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02251773-a:
alone and on your own
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02327078-a:
stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
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02327315-a:
obstreperous
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02342778-a:
first-rate
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02344381-a:
excellent or splendid
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02344672-a:
excellent; best possible
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02347742-a:
(British informal) very poor in quality
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02358650-a:
utterly astounded
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02358898-a:
(British informal expletive) surprised
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02383564-a:
(British colloquial) not inclined to conversation
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02394366-a:
cheap and showy
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02400724-a:
liable to payment of locally assessed property taxes
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02401445-a:
not subject to locally assessed property taxes
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02434115-a:
very tired
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02434473-a:
(British informal) exhausted or worn out
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02463990-v:
British military language: avoid work
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02502901-a:
inferior and worthless
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02503900-a:
inferior (especially of a country's leadership)
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02509710-a:
(British informal) poorly ventilated
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02581365-a:
worn from age or heavy use and no longer able to operate (of cars or machines or people)
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02744323-n:
a major or main route
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02767956-n:
any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons
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02790012-n:
a heating element in an electric fire
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02828648-n:
a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
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02833140-n:
a licensed bookmaker's shop that is not at the race track
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02841063-n:
a plastic bag used to line a trash or garbage bin
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02873244-n:
British term for the luggage compartment in a car
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02877513-n:
a place where bottles can be deposited for recycling
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02936281-n:
informal British term for a cafe
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02969323-n:
one of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only usually in two or three lanes
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03040836-n:
a road on which you are not allowed to stop (unless you have a breakdown)
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03042697-n:
a framework of bars or logs for children to climb on
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03077616-n:
a sitting room (usually at school or university)
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03118846-n:
office used by the accountants of a business
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03134015-n:
a small farm worked by a crofter
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03136051-n:
any of the seats in the House of Commons used by members who do not vote regularly with either the government or the Opposition
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03163222-n:
instrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials and controls
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03173142-n:
an excavation; usually a quarry or mine
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03191776-n:
a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater
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03216562-n:
a large metal pot (12 gallon camp kettle) for cooking; used in military camps
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03222959-n:
a knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called `doorhandle' in Great Britain)
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03268142-n:
an elastic adhesive bandage for covering cuts or wounds
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03318294-n:
a small colored light used for decoration (especially at Christmas)
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03352961-n:
a food turner with a broad blade used for turning or serving fish or other food that is cooked in a frying pan
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03362293-n:
an old shabby movie theater
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03380461-n:
the platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the engineer stands to operate the controls
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03393017-n:
a public house that is not controlled by a brewery and so is free to sell different brands of beer and ale
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03399047-n:
any of the front seats in the House of Commons that are reserved for ministers or former ministers
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03399971-n:
a coin-operated gambling machine that produces random combinations of symbols (usually pictures of different fruits) on rotating dials; certain combinations win money for the player
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03415252-n:
colloquial terms for an umbrella
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03439348-n:
a parsonage (especially one provided for the holder of a benefice)
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03457686-n:
a greengrocer's grocery store
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03457793-n:
groceries sold by a greengrocer
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03470222-n:
military quarters of midshipmen and junior officers on a British warship
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03471974-n:
an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day
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03472796-n:
a sleeveless tunic worn by English girls as part of a school uniform
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03476684-n:
a decorative hinged clip that girls and women put in their hair to hold it in place
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03479397-n:
a university dormitory
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03493079-n:
a paved strip beside a motorway (for stopping in emergencies)
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03519578-n:
a highway
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03528761-n:
a farm that supplies the needs of a large estate of establishment
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03540267-n:
socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear)
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03555426-n:
a huge supermarket (usually built on the outskirts of a town)
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03586631-n:
the merchandise that is sold in an ironmonger's shop
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03599964-n:
a government office in a town where information about available jobs is displayed and where unemployment benefits are administered
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03661861-n:
a recreational facility including a swimming pool for water sports
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03663433-n:
life assurance office
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03685640-n:
small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion; usually occupied by a gatekeeper or gardener
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03694761-n:
a square plate bearing the letter L that is attached to both ends of a car to indicate that the driver is a learner
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03697109-n:
a storeroom in a house where odds and ends can be stored (especially furniture)
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03702719-n:
a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
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03736372-n:
a safe for storing meat
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03757723-n:
street lined with buildings that were originally private stables but have been remodeled as dwellings
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03764822-n:
a van (typically powered by electricity) with an open side that is used to deliver milk to houses
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03769967-n:
a minicar used as a taxicab
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03770085-n:
a car that is even smaller than a subcompact car
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03772077-n:
any of certain cathedrals and large churches; originally connected to a monastery
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03777126-n:
modern convenience; the appliances and conveniences characteristic of a modern house
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03813834-n:
the side of a vehicle nearest the kerb
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03823540-n:
(British slang) a prison
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03863262-n:
a loose protective coverall or smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty work
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03868044-n:
general term for an ancient and prestigious and privileged university (especially Oxford University or Cambridge University)
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03881534-n:
a police cruiser
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03883664-n:
a small pan or cup (usually of tin)
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03884639-n:
a large moving van (especially one used for moving furniture)
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03891051-n:
a kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term)
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03899100-n:
a type of lift having a chain of open compartments that move continually in an endless loop so that (agile) passengers can step on or off at each floor
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03906590-n:
an acronym for pedestrian light control; a pedestrian crossing with traffic lights that are controlled by pedestrians
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03937437-n:
a red pillar-shaped letter box
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03963483-n:
a box for a child's toys and personal things (especially at a boarding school)
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03967270-n:
a light gym shoe with a rubber sole and a canvas top
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03968581-n:
a hole into which a plug fits (especially a hole where water drains away)
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03974671-n:
a wall socket
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04018399-n:
tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals
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04020617-n:
a roadside cafe especially for lorry drivers
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04024862-n:
a small light basket used as a measure for fruits
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04026813-n:
a bicycle that must be pedaled
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04032242-n:
car window consisting of a small pivoted glass vent in the door of a car
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04038109-n:
a racetrack for automobile races
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04066023-n:
(British informal) a provincial British university of relatively recent founding; distinguished from Oxford University and Cambridge University
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04115456-n:
a rowboat
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04157099-n:
a small room (in large old British houses) next to the kitchen; where kitchen utensils are cleaned and kept and other rough household jobs are done
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04163530-n:
small pruning shears with a spring that holds the handles open and a single blade that closes against a flat surface
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04188064-n:
farm devoted to raising sheep
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04201733-n:
another name for a station wagon
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04229107-n:
a crash helmet
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04229195-n:
a paved surface on which cars can be made to skid so that drivers can practice controlling them
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04240576-n:
a railway car at the end of the train; it can be detached without stopping the train
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04242704-n:
a bowl into which the dregs of teacups and coffee cups are emptied at the table
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04299699-n:
seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater
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04305323-n:
a mansion that is (or formerly was) occupied by an aristocratic family
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04314522-n:
a lightweight British submachine gun
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04335435-n:
a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity
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04341133-n:
a burglarproof and fireproof room in which valuables are kept
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04363991-n:
a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted
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04390873-n:
a loudspeaker
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04398497-n:
a restaurant where tea and light meals are available
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04413969-n:
a house that is part of a terrace
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04441528-n:
a hat (Cockney rhyming slang: `tit for tat' rhymes with `hat')
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04446844-n:
a waterproof bag for holding bathrooms items (soap and toothpaste etc.) when you are travelling
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04495051-n:
a box for storing eatables (especially at boarding school)
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04495450-n:
a candy store in Great Britain
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a British youth subculture that first appeared in the 1950s; mainly from unskilled backgrounds, they adopted a pseudo-Edwardian dress code and rock'n'roll music; proletarian and xenophobic, they were involved in race riots in the United Kingdom
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private independent secondary school in Great Britain supported by endowment and tuition
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a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948
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a group of islands in northeastern West Indies (east of Puerto Rico) discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1493; owned by United States and Britain
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more than 40 northeastern Virgin Islands (15 inhabited); a dependent territory of the United Kingdom
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an island republic in the West Indies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962
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a system of hills in Britain that extend from the Scottish border in the north to the Trent River in the south; forms the watershed for English rivers
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a small island republic on the Tuvalu islands; formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands until it withdrew in 1975 and became independent of the United Kingdom in 1978
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a division of the United Kingdom
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archaic name for England or Great Britain; used poetically
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a port city in southern England on the English Channel; Britain's major naval base
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an ancient Roman wall built by Hadrian in the 2nd century; marked the northern boundary of the Roman Empire in Britain
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a division of the United Kingdom located on the northern part of the island of Ireland
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a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921
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one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts
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one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria
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a sultanate in northwestern Borneo; became independent of Great Britain in 1984
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a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
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a republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1963; major archeological discoveries have been made in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya
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a republic in northeastern South America; formerly part of the British Empire, but it achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966
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a landlocked constitutional monarchy in southern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966
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a landlocked republic in southern central Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964
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a constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1957
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a republic on the Maldive Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1965
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a republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964
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an independent country within the British Commonwealth; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907; known for sheep and spectacular scenery
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a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; gained independence from Britain in 1960; most populous African country
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a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
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an Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1971; the economy is dominated by oil
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a country on several of the Leeward Islands; located to the east southeast of Puerto Rico; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1983
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a country on the island of Saint Lucia; gained independence from Great Britain in 1979
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an island country in the central Windward Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1979
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a republic on the Seychelles islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1976
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a republic in West Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1961
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a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers)
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a former province of southern South Africa that was settled by the Dutch in 1652 and ceded to Great Britain in 1814; in 1994 it was split into three new provinces of South Africa
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location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules
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a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956
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a landlocked monarchy in southeastern Africa; member of the commonwealth that achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1968
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a monarchy on a Polynesian archipelago in the South Pacific; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1970
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a landlocked republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962
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a federation of seven Arab emirates on the eastern Arabian peninsula; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1971; rich in oil reserves
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a republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964
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a landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980
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an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that forms a channel between France and Britain
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a large firth on the west coast of Britain between England and Scotland
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a member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times
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an inhabitant of southern Britain prior to the Anglo-Saxon invasions
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the people of Great Britain
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an American who was born in Britain or one whose ancestors were British
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the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom
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an owner or tenant of a small farm in Great Britain
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a pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland
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a member of the Fabian Society in Britain
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originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
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a woman of the peerage in Britain
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the poet officially appointed to the royal household in Great Britain
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a member of the military police in Britain
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a woman advocate of women's right to vote (especially a militant advocate in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century)
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Roman general who was governor of Britain and extended Roman rule north to the Firth of Forth (37-93)
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British statesman and leader of the Labour Party who instituted the welfare state in Britain (1883-1967)
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British economist (born in India) whose report on social insurance provided the basis for most of the social legislation on which the welfare state in the United Kingdom is based (1879-1963)
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Roman Emperor after his nephew Caligula was murdered; consolidated the Roman Empire and conquered southern Britain; was poisoned by his fourth wife Agrippina after her son Nero was named as Claudius' heir (10 BC to AD 54)
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English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)
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political and spiritual leader during India's struggle with Great Britain for home rule; an advocate of passive resistance (1869-1948)
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Welsh chronicler who wrote an account of the kings of Britain which is now believed to contain little historical fact but it is a source of the Arthurian legend (circa 1100-1154)
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Roman Emperor who was the adoptive son of Trajan; travelled throughout his empire to strengthen its frontiers and encourage learning and architecture; on a visit to Britain in 122 he ordered the construction of Hadrian's Wall (76-138)
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English writer whose novel about a lesbian relationship was banned in Britain for many years (1883-1943)
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Nazi leader who in 1941 flew a solo flight to Scotland in an apparent attempt to negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain but was imprisoned for life (1894-1987)
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United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829)
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Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
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United States conductor (born in Britain) (1882-1977)
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French modeler (resident in England after 1802) who made wax death masks of prominent victims of the French Revolution and toured Britain with her wax models; in 1835 she opened a permanent waxworks exhibition in London (1761-1850)
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Emperor of Rome and founder of the Flavian dynasty who consolidated Roman rule in Germany and Britain and reformed the army and brought prosperity to the empire; began the construction of the Colosseum (9-79)
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queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901)
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creeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble fetuses; native to Europe; naturalized Great Britain and eastern North America
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European leek naturalized in Great Britain; leaves are triangular
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small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental
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Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods; naturalized in Britain and North America grasslands on calcareous soils; important forage crop and source of honey in Britain
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tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain
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European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb
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a former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies
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former cupronickel coin of the United Kingdom equal to three pennies
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a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970
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a coin used in Great Britain since 1971 worth one hundredth of a pound
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the next-to-last Pleistocene glaciation in Britain and the deposits laid down at that time
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monetary unit in Great Britain
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the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
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a former monetary unit in Great Britain
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a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound
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the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros; in the United Kingdom the usage followed in the United States is frequently seen
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the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752
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