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  2. High rising terminal - Wikipedia

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    Empirically, one report proposes that HRT in American English and Australian English is marked by a high tone (high pitch or high fundamental frequency) beginning on the final accented syllable near the end of the statement (the terminal), and continuing to increase in frequency (up to 40%) to the end of the intonational phrase. [1]

  3. Bartending terminology - Wikipedia

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    A negroni cocktail with an orange twist served on the rocks "On the rocks" refers to liquor poured over ice cubes, and a "rocks drink" is a drink served on the rocks.Rocks drinks are typically served in a rocks glass, highball glass, or Collins glass, all of which refer to a relatively straight-walled, flat-bottomed glass; the rocks glass is typically the shortest and widest, followed by the ...

  4. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...

  5. When the world feels so dangerous, how can parents talk to ...

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    If kids are to stay in the yard, be clear (front yard, back yard, side yard). If the neighbors are friendly and have a safe home, make it clear if the children are able to go to their yard.

  6. Straight Up - Wikipedia

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    Straight up is a bartending term referring to a chilled drink served in a stemmed glass without ice. Straight Up may also refer to: Straight Up (book) , by author, blogger, physicist and climate expert Joseph J. Romm

  7. Talk:Synonym - Wikipedia

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    A synonym always has the same or similar meaning as another word. Dieter Simon 01:42, 8 March 2009 (UTC) I'm not saying "pupil" (student) and "pupil" (part of the eye) are synonyms. I'm saying the word "pupil" is sometimes a synonym of the word "student." The word "automobile" is always a synonym of the word "car."

  8. Safe Schools/Healthy Students - Wikipedia

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    Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) is a grant program funded by the United States Department of Education, United States Department of Justice, and United States Department of Health and Human Services that helps school districts, in partnership with mental health providers, law enforcement and juvenile justice agencies, implement projects that create safe and healthy schools and communities.

  9. Stand-up meeting - Wikipedia

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    The meetings are usually timeboxed to between 5 and 15 minutes, and take place with participants standing up to remind people to keep the meeting short and to-the-point. [6] The stand-up meeting is sometimes also referred to as the "stand-up" when doing extreme programming, "morning rollcall" or "daily scrum" when following the scrum framework.