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English Idioms :: mile
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milet.html - See: GIVE ONE AN INCH AND HE WILL TAKE A MILE, JAW DROP or JAW DROP A MILE, MISS BY A MILE, MISS IS AS GOOD AS A MILE. |
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English Idioms :: mile markers
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milet.html - {n.}, {slang}, {citizen's band radio jargon} Small signs along interstate highways usually bearing a number. * /The Smokey is located at 131 mile marker./ |
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English Idioms :: miles away
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milet.html - {adj. phr.} Inattentive; not concentrating. * /When Betty said, "We have theater tickets for tonight," Ken didn't react as his mind was miles away./ |
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Traditional English :: mile
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milet.html - n. 1 (also statute mile) a unit of linear measure equal to 1,760 yards (approx. 1.609 kilometres). 2 hist. a Roman measure of 1,000 paces (approx. 1,620 yards). 3 (in pl.) colloq. a great distance or amount (miles better; beat them by miles). 4 a race extending over a mile. [OE mil ult. f. L mil(l)ia pl. of mille thousand (see sense 2)] |
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Traditional English :: mileage
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milet.html - n. (also milage) 1 a a number of miles travelled, used, etc. b the number of miles travelled by a vehicle per unit of fuel. 2 travelling expenses (per mile). 3 colloq. benefit, profit, advantage. |
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Traditional English :: milepost
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milet.html - n.
a post one mile from the finishing-post of a race etc. |
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