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  • 111Chris Mason (activist) — Chris Mason Born Christopher Michael Mason December 14, 1981 (1981 12 14) (age 29) Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States …

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  • 112whisper — Synonyms and related words: advice, alert, alerting, articulate, aspirate, aspiration, bark, bated breath, bawl, bellow, blare, blat, blubber, boom, bray, breath, breathe, breathy voice, broad hint, bruit, brush, buzz, cackle, canard, caress,… …

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  • 113bait, bate —     Robins exploits were listened to with baited breath (Mailon Sunday). Unless Robins listeners were hoping to catch fish, their breath was bated. The word is a cousin of abated …

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  • 114bait, bate —     Robins exploits were listened to with baited breath (Mailon Sunday). Unless Robins listeners were hoping to catch fish, their breath was bated. The word is a cousin of abated …

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  • 115baited — c.1600, furnished with bait, pp. adj. from BAIT (Cf. bait) (n.). Hence, in a figurative sense, exciting, alluring (1650s). For bated breath see BATE (Cf. bate) (1) …

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  • 116bate — {{11}}bate (1) to reduce, to lessen in intensity, c.1300, aphetic of ABATE (Cf. abate) (q.v.). Now only in phrase bated breath, which was used by Shakespeare in The Merchant of Venice (1596). {{12}}bate (2) c.1300, to contend with blows or… …

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  • 117The Gene Krupa Story — Infobox Film name = The Gene Krupa Story caption = director = Don Weis producer = Philip A. Waxman writer = Orin Jannings starring = Sal Mineo Susan Kohner James Darren Susan Oliver music = Leith Stevens cinematography = editing = distributor =… …

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  • 118bait n — Fishermen often argue about de bait. bated, with breath …

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