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- hit the high spots β to stain or mark with spots: The grease spotted my dress.
- hearken β Literary. to give heed or attention to what is said; listen.
- look see β a visual inspection or survey; look; examination: have a look-see.
- gunned β a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- chew over β If you chew something over, you keep thinking about it.
- calliper β an instrument for measuring internal or external dimensions, consisting of two steel legs hinged together
- eyeball β Look or stare at closely.
- witness β to see, hear, or know by personal presence and perception: to witness an accident.
- assay β An assay is a test of a substance to find out what chemicals it contains. It is usually carried out to find out how pure a substance is.
- wiretap β an act or instance of tapping telephone or telegraph wires for evidence or other information.
- apperceived β Simple past tense and past participle of apperceive.
- appraise β If you appraise something or someone, you consider them carefully and form an opinion about them.
- mug up β If you mug up a subject or mug up on it, you study it quickly, so that you can remember the main facts about it.
- lay one's hands on β the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- muckraked β Simple past tense and past participle of muckrake.
- commit to memory β to learn by heart; memorize
- megabook β An extremely large book.
- monish β to admonish.
- be-held β simple past tense and past participle of behold.
- differencing β the state or relation of being different; dissimilarity: There is a great difference between the two.
- investigate β to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- get the message β a communication containing some information, news, advice, request, or the like, sent by messenger, telephone, email, or other means.
- carding β the process of preparing the fibres of cotton, wool, etc, for spinning
- access β If you have access to a building or other place, you are able or allowed to go into it.
- appreciate β If you appreciate something, for example a piece of music or good food, you like it because you recognize its good qualities.
- go after β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- looked β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- get the picture β understand
- accessed β the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance: They have access to the files.
- commentate β To commentate means to give a radio or television commentary on an event.
- feel out β to perceive or examine by touch.
- calibrate β If you calibrate an instrument or tool, you mark or adjust it so that you can use it to measure something accurately.
- cram β If you cram things or people into a container or place, you put them into it, although there is hardly enough room for them.
- eagle-eye β unusually sharp visual powers; keen ability to watch or observe.
- wiretapped β Simple past tense and past participle of wiretap.
- distinguish β to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
- check on β to stop or arrest the motion of suddenly or forcibly: He checked the horse at the edge of the cliff.
- lucubrate β to work, write, or study laboriously, especially at night.
- construe β If something is construed in a particular way, its nature or meaning is interpreted in that way.
- augur β If something augurs well or badly for a person or a future situation, it is a sign that things will go well or badly.
- leaf through β one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- imaging β a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- check over β a thorough examination or investigation.
- lean on β to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
- lipped β of or relating to the lips or a lip: lip ointment.
- wiretapping β an act or instance of tapping telephone or telegraph wires for evidence or other information.
- get wind of β hear rumours of
- look β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
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- lookover β A brief visual inspection.