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    a scuba diver not following the rules of Doing It Right stroke (engine), a single action of some engines the recognition, attention or responsiveness that one person gives another in transactional analysis. student person studying at a post-secondary educational institution person studying at any educational institution * stuff (v)

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

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    (v.) to sabotage, attempt to hinder in some way. E.g. "Danny nobbled my chances at the pub quiz by getting Gary to defect to his team." nonce a slang term for a sex offender, especially one convicted of sexual offences against children. [118] [10] [119] The supposed origin from the term "Not on normal courtyard exercise" [120] is probably a ...

  4. Team GB - Wikipedia

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    There is not an Olympic swimming team or Olympic rowing team. The individual sports join to become Team GB, the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team." [4] The Team GB brand was used as part of a licensing and merchandising strategy following the BOA's athletes success at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. [5]

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    a restricted license for a person learning to drive, who has not yet passed the necessary driver's test (rules vary from state to state); also called driver's permit (UK: provisional driving licence) [582] [583] [584] left field *

  6. Forms of address in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    [c] If applicable, eldest sons of courtesy marquesses or courtesy earls also use a subsidiary title from their (great) grandfather, which is lower ranking than the one used by their father. Eldest daughters do not have courtesy titles; all courtesy peeresses are wives of courtesy peers.

  7. American and British English grammatical differences

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    In British English (BrE), collective nouns can take either singular (formal agreement) or plural (notional agreement) verb forms, according to whether the emphasis is on the body as a whole or on the individual members respectively; compare a committee was appointed with the committee were unable to agree.

  8. In a battle of wills, Pat Riley always wins — no matter the ...

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    It’s hard to say because guys won’t flat-out come forward and bash another franchise in the aftermath of a choice, and Miami still has the benefit of being Miami, with the water, weather and ...

  9. List of national sports teams of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    National sports teams of the United Kingdom is an incomplete list of sports teams representing the United Kingdom.The teams are often referred to as 'Great Britain' as they represent the United Kingdom minus Northern Ireland, the residents of which often able to choose to play for either Ireland or the UK.