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  2. List of English-language expressions related to death

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    To commit suicide, usually via falling from a great height Humorous: Originated from a remixed video of Kermit the Frog from Sesame Street and a Kermit the Frog doll falling off a building. [15] Kick the bucket [2] To die Informal In suicidal hanging. [16] Also 'kick off' . [1] Kick the calendar To die Slang, informal Polish saying.

  3. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    Falling away, or lowering (i.e. getting slower and quieter; ritardando along with diminuendo) calma Calm; so con calma, calmly. Also calmato meaning calmed, relaxed calore Warmth; so con calore, warmly cambiare To change (i.e. any change, such as to a new instrument) cambiata

  4. Glossary of early twentieth century slang in the United States

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    2. After 1928, could mean broken down car [171] floater Person making trouble and then disappears [149] flogger Overcoat [172] floorflusher Insatiable dancer [149] flop 1. Go to bed; fall asleep [173] 2. Grown-up who is disagreeable, socially awkward, and unsuccessful; 1920s [173] 3. Intentionally lose a fight by taking a dive; 1920s [173] 4.

  5. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    "Chav" is used throughout England, though "charv" or "charva" was originally used in the northeast, deriving from the Roma word charva, meaning a disreputable youth. cheeky * impertinent; noun form, cheek, impertinence; a child answering back to an adult might be told "don't give me any of your cheek" (also there is the expression "cheeky ...

  6. Amaurosis fugax - Wikipedia

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    The experience of amaurosis fugax is classically described as a temporary loss of vision in one or both eyes that appears as a "black curtain coming down vertically into the field of vision in one eye;" however, this altitudinal visual loss is not the most common form.

  7. Intonation (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    Here, as is common with wh-questions, there is a rising intonation on the question word, and a falling intonation at the end of the question. In many descriptions of English, the following intonation patterns are distinguished: Rising Intonation means the pitch of the voice rises over time. Falling Intonation means that the pitch falls with time.

  8. Ptosis (eyelid) - Wikipedia

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    This condition is sometimes called "lazy eye", but that term normally refers to the condition amblyopia. If severe enough and left untreated, the drooping eyelid can cause other conditions, such as amblyopia or astigmatism , so it is especially important to treat the disorder in children before it can interfere with vision development.

  9. Micropsia - Wikipedia

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    Micropsia is a condition affecting human visual perception in which objects are perceived to be smaller than they actually are. Micropsia can be caused by optical factors (such as wearing glasses), by distortion of images in the eye (such as optically, via swelling of the cornea or from changes in the shape of the retina such as from retinal edema, macular degeneration, or central serous ...