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  • 111Marzieh Vafamehr — Nationality Iranian Occupation Actress Known for My Tehran for Sale Marzieh Vafamehr is an Iranian independent filmmaker and actress living in Tehran.[1 …

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  • 112Nantucket Lightship Basket — Nantucket Lightship Baskets are a type of basket originating, in the 19th century,[1] on Nantucket Island Lightships. Lightship baskets are all made from rattan and wood, have an odd number of staves, a solid wooden base, a nailed and lashed rim …

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  • 113obloquy — I noun abasement, abuse, abusive language, accusation, animadversion, aspersion, berating, blame, castigation, censure, chastisement, chiding, contempt, criticism, debasement, defamation, degradation, denunciation, derision, derogation, diatribe …

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  • 114reprimand — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. reproof, rebuke, censure, admonition, reprehension. See disapprobation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. rebuke, reproach, admonish, criticize; see censure , scold . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) I n. rebuke …

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  • 115flogging — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. lashing, beating, whipping, thrashing, caning, corporal punishment, giving lashes, horsewhipping, flagellation, flailing, stripes, using the cat o nine tails; see also punishment . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A… …

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  • 116lash — 01. Her beautiful long [lashes], and her startling blue eyes drive men crazy. 02. I got a [lash] in my eye, and couldn t see. 03. In the story The Odyssey , Ulysses had his men [lash] him to the mast of his ship so that he could listen to the… …

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  • 117lash — lash1 [ læʃ ] noun count 1. ) a hit with a whip or a thin stick: The court sentenced her to eight years in jail and 500 lashes. 2. ) a quick or violent movement of an animal s tail 3. ) the thin piece of leather forming the main part of a whip 4 …

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  • 118castigation — n. 1. Whipping, beating, lashing, flagellation, drubbing, flogging, chastisement. 2. Punishment, chastisement, discipline, correction, chastening. 3. Upbraiding, taking to task, lashing, flagellation, trimming, hauling over the coals, dressing… …

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  • 119going-over — n 1. examination, investigation, analysis, study, research, probe; review, survey, checkout, audit; close inspection, scrutiny, scrutinization. 2. scolding, call down, chiding, upbraiding, Inf. talking to, Inf. dressing down, tongue lashing;… …

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  • 120lash down — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms lash down : present tense I/you/we/they lash down he/she/it lashes down present participle lashing down past tense lashed down past participle lashed down British to rain in large amounts and with a lot of… …

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