be+in+sight

  • 71sight gag — ☆ sight gag n. a bit of comic business, as on the stage, whose effect depends on action rather than speech …

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  • 72sight hound — sight hound, = gazehound. (Cf. ↑gazehound) …

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  • 73sight|board — «SYT BRD, BOHRD», noun. a white screen at the end of a cricket field for making the ball more easily visible to the batsman …

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  • 74sight|hole — «SYT HOHL», noun. a hole to see through in a surveying or other instrument …

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  • 75sight|li|ness — «SYT lee nihs», noun. the state of being sightly; pleasing appearance; comeliness …

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  • 76sight|see|ing — «SYT SEE ihng», noun, adjective. –n. the action of going around to see objects or places of interest: »a weekend of sightseeing. –adj. that goes around to see or show objects or places of interest: »a sightseeing tour, a sightseeing bus …

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  • 77sight|se|er — «SYT SEE uhr», noun. a person who goes around to see objects o places of interest …

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  • 78sight|see — «SYT SEE», intransitive verb, transitive verb, saw, seen, see|ing. to go around to see objects or places of interest: »We all swam,…sailed a little, sightsaw, and constructed castles in the sand (Moira Keenan). Eight tour buses a day visit the… …

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  • 79sight — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 ability to see ⇨ See also ↑eyesight VERB + SIGHT ▪ have ▪ She has very little sight in her left eye. ▪ lose ▪ He s lost the sight of one eye …

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  • 80sight — sight1 W2S2 [saıt] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(ability to see)¦ 2¦(act of seeing)¦ 3¦(thing you see)¦ 4 in/within sight 5 within/in sight of something 6 in your sights 7 out of sight 8 out of sight, out of mind 9 disappear/vanish from sight …

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