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adding machineA pocket calculator that has very few functions.Rate it:

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blow up someone's phoneTo call or text someone constantly.Rate it:

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bolt bucketA machine, especially an automobile. Implies that the machine is clunky or unreliable.Rate it:

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bring upTo turn on power or start, as of a machine.Rate it:

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call screeningthe process of evaluating the characteristics of a telephone call before deciding how or whether to answer it. Some methods may include: listening to the message being recorded on an answering machine or voice mail. checking a caller ID display to see who or where the call is from.Rate it:

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carry forwardThis term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.Rate it:

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carry overThis term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.Rate it:

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citation neededA portion of text, a statement in a video, or any other item published on the Internet may be false or inaccurate.Rate it:

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continued page 94Indicates that the text could continue indefinitely; and so on ad infinitum.Rate it:

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cookedCorrupted by conversion through a text format, requiring uncooking to be properly listenable.Rate it:

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crank outTo produce in large volumes mechanically or as if by machine.Rate it:

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cut swathesThis term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.Rate it:

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dial inconfigure, set up, particularly a complex machine with many configuration options.Rate it:

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dictated but not readDictated, as to a secretary or stenographer, but not proofread by the person who dictated the text so annotated.Rate it:

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dig outThis term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.Rate it:

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et alibiand elsewhere; used to terminate lists of passages in a textRate it:

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fruit machineone arm banditRate it:

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ghost in the machinea term used to describe the concept of mind-body dualism: that the mind exists alongside and separate from the body; also an album by The PoliceRate it:

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goodbye, cruel worldAn exclamation made before committing suicide, in speech, text, or in a suicide note.Rate it:

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hand on a plateThis term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.Rate it:

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hop upto make something, especially a machine, better (faster, bigger etc.)Rate it:

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in controlWhen one is controlling a machine, or a situation, or an activity. Similar to in charge, but one person can be officially in charge, while another person is, in fact, in control.Rate it:

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in the worksIn a mechanism or machine.Rate it:

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interpret awayto smooth out undesired concepts and teachings in a text, often one of fundamental importance to a religion or ideology, by interpreting that text contrary to its spirit or original meaningRate it:

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keyboard warriorA person who behaves aggressively and/or in an inflammatory manner in online text-based discussion media, but at the same time does not behave similarly in real life, potentially due to cowardice, introversion or shyness.Rate it:

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kick the bucketOf a machine, to break down such that it cannot be repaired.Rate it:

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leadVertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.Rate it:

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look upTo obtain information about something from a text source.Rate it:

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make light work ofThis term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.Rate it:

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mark upTo add coding to text so that it will display properly on a computer.Rate it:

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nice to almost meet youAn expression used upon first conversing with someone by phone, text, email, etc. when you can't say "Nice to meet you" because you haven't actually met in personAn expression used upon first conversing with someone by phone, text, email, etc. when you can't say "Nice to meet you" because you haven't actually met in person; a friendly and informal way of acknowledging that the encounter is not happening in person at the moment but might occur in the future. It is often used humorously or to convey a sense of anticipation.Rate it:

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oil burnerA machine that uses oil as its fuel.Rate it:

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oooAn abbreviation for hugs, usually placed at the end of a letter or in text messaging; often placed alongside xxx.Rate it:

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pack inThis term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.Rate it:

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poop machineAn animal whose defecation inconveniences humans.Rate it:

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poop machineAn infant.Rate it:

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put one through one's pacesTo test several or all functions or training of a person, animal, machine, etc.Rate it:

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random numberA number allotted randomly using suitable generator (electronic machine or as simple "generator" as die).Rate it:

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real jobA job that can't be replaced advantageously by a machine or a procedure.Rate it:

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run downTo read quickly a list or other short text.Rate it:

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run downTo lose power slowly. Used for a machine, battery, or other powered device.Rate it:

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second gearThis term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.Rate it:

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sex machineSomeone with considerable sexual prowess.Rate it:

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sex machinerefers to a person who has a lot of sexRate it:

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smoke poleThis term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.Rate it:

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stick to one's textTo limit one's focus to the matter at hand, or the primary subject at issue; to avoid diversion.Rate it:

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strike outTo draw a line through some text such as a printed or written sentence, with the purpose of deleting that text from the rest of the document.Rate it:

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strike throughPartly obliterate text by drawing a continuous line through the centre thereof, usually to indicate the deletion of an error or obsolete information.Rate it:

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take upThat which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.Rate it:

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