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  • 31drop — drop1 [ drap ] verb *** ▸ 1 let something fall ▸ 2 let yourself fall ▸ 3 let fall from aircraft ▸ 4 reduce/get less ▸ 5 not continue with something ▸ 6 not include something/someone ▸ 7 stop talking about something ▸ 8 end relationship with… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 32drop — 1 verb FALL/ALLOW TO FALL 1 (T) to stop holding or carrying something so that it falls: I must have dropped my scarf on the bus. | The dog dropped a stick at George s feet. 2 FALL (I) to fall suddenly, especially from a high place: A bottle… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 33bucket — buck|et1 S2 [ˈbʌkıt] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Anglo French; Origin: buket, from Old English buc container for pouring liquid, belly ] 1.) an open container with a handle, used for carrying and holding things, especially liquids = ↑pail 2.) also… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 34drop — [[t]drɒp[/t]] n. v. dropped, drop•ping 1) a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; liquid globule 2) the quantity of liquid contained in such a globule 3) a very small quantity of liquid 4) a minute… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 35drop — {{11}}drop (n.) O.E. dropa a drop of liquid, from P.Gmc. *drupon (Cf. O.S. dropo, O.N. dropi, Du. drop, O.H.G. tropfo, Ger. Tropfen (n.)), from PIE *dhreu . Meaning an act of dropping is from 1630s; of immaterial things (prices, temperatures, etc …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 36bucket — buck•et [[t]ˈbʌk ɪt[/t]] n. 1) a deep, cylindrical container, usu. of metal, plastic, or wood, with a flat bottom and a semicircular bail 2) a) mac any of the scoops in certain types of conveyors or elevators b) mac the scoop or clamshell of a… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 37Drop the bucket on — make scandalous accusations or revelations about (someone); criticise strongly …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 38drop the bucket on — Australian Slang make scandalous accusations or revelations about (someone); criticise strongly …

    English dialects glossary

  • 39The Ethiopians — sind eine der einflussreichsten jamaikanischen Gesangsgruppen. Sie waren nicht nur Vorreiter beim Übergang vom Ska über Rocksteady zum Reggae. Die stark vom Rastafarianismus geprägten Texte des Lead Sängers und Songwriters Leonard Dillon ebneten… …

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  • 40The Godwinns — Nombres artísticos The Godwinns Southern Justice Tex Slazinger and Shanghai Pierce Tex Sallinger Master Blaster Miembros Henry O. Godwinn / Shanghai Pierce Phineas I. Godwinn / Tex Slazinger Cousin Ray[ …

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