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  • 51Work permit (United Kingdom) — The UK Work Permit scheme is an immigration category used to encourage skilled workers to enter the UK. It provides an opportunity for overseas citizens seeking to gain valuable international work experience in the UK and is often used to enable… …

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  • 52ground — graÊŠnd n. soil; earth; bottom; field, area; base, foundation v. set on the ground; found, establish; teach someone the basics; attach to the earth (about an electrical conductor) adj. on or near the ground; broken into fine particles; shaped by… …

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  • 53Work Resumed on the Tower — Infobox Album | Name = Work Resumed on the Tower Type = Studio album Artist = News from Babel Released = 1984 Recorded = Cold Storage Studios, Brixton, London, 10–19 October and 2–3 November 1983 Genre = Avant progressive rock Length = 34:47… …

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  • 54ground staff — 1) N COUNT COLL The people who are paid to maintain a sports ground are called the ground staff. The ground staff do all they can to prepare the pitch. 2) N COUNT COLL At an airport, the ground staff are the employees of aeroplane companies who… …

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  • 55work yourself into the ground — run/drive/work yourself into the ˈground idiom to work so hard that you become extremely tired Main entry: ↑groundidiom …

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  • 56ground bass — /bays/, Music. a short fundamental bass part continually repeated throughout a movement. [1690 1700] * * * ▪ music also called  basso ostinato (Italian: “obstinate bass”)        in music, a short, recurring melodic pattern in the bass part of a… …

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  • 57ground staff — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms ground staff : singular ground staff plural ground staffs 1) British the people who look after an area where sports are played 2) the people who work for an airline in an airport rather than on an aircraft: can …

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  • 58Ground wire (transmission line) — In a transmission line, ground wires are wires that run above the usual conductors.In the early days of power engineering, lightning was not well understood. Although it was described generally as electricity coming out of the sky, more specific… …

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  • 59Ground State (Angel) — Infobox Television episode Title = Ground State Series = Angel Caption = {Caption|} Season = 4 Episode = 02 Airdate = October 13, 2002 Production = 4ADH02 Writer = Mere Smith Director = Michael Grossman Guests = Stephanie Romanov (Lilah) Alexa… …

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  • 60ground staff — noun (C) BrE 1 the people who take care of the grass and sports equipment at a sports ground 2 the group of people who work at an airport looking after the aircraft; ground crew …

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