Dust

  • 21dust-up — dust ,up noun count BRITISH INFORMAL a fight, usually a short one …

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  • 22Dust — Sm Dunst …

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  • 23Dust —    Drame de Marion Hänsel, avec Jane Birkin, Trevor Howard, John Matshikiza.   Pays: Belgique et France   Date de sortie: 1985   Technique: couleurs   Durée: 1 h 27    Résumé    Une jeune femme vit avec son père au milieu d un désert d Afrique du …

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  • 24dust-up — ► NOUN informal ▪ a fight or quarrel …

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  • 25dust|up — «DUHST UHP», noun. Informal. a disturbance; controversy; commotion: »His involvement in last week s dustup consisted mainly of his friendship with several of the plotters Time) …

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  • 26Dust — For other uses, see Dust (disambiguation). A dust storm blankets Texas homes, in 1935. Dust consists of particles in the atmosphere that arise from various sources such as soil dust lifted up by wind (an Aeolian process), volcanic eruptions, and… …

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  • 27dust — n. & v. n. 1 a finely powdered earth, dirt, etc., lying on the ground or on surfaces, and blown about by the wind. b fine powder of any material (pollen dust; gold dust). c a cloud of dust. 2 a dead person s remains (honoured dust). 3 confusion… …

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  • 28dust — dust1 W3S3 [dʌst] n [U] [: Old English;] 1.) dry powder consisting of extremely small bits of dirt that is in buildings on furniture, floors etc if they are not kept clean ▪ All the furniture was covered in dust . ▪ a thick layer of dust ▪ There… …

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  • 29dust — dustless, adj. /dust/, n. 1. earth or other matter in fine, dry particles. 2. a cloud of finely powdered earth or other matter in the air. 3. any finely powdered substance, as sawdust. 4. the ground; the earth s surface. 5. the substance to which …

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  • 30dust — [[t]dʌ̱st[/t]] ♦♦♦ dusts, dusting, dusted 1) N UNCOUNT Dust is very small dry particles of earth or sand. Tanks raise huge trails of dust when they move... He reversed into the stockade in a cloud of dust. 2) N UNCOUNT Dust is the very small… …

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