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Monday, 10 May 2010

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Valley

• noun (pl. valleys)
a low area between hills or mountains, typically with a river or stream flowing through it.
— ORIGIN Latin vallis.
From
Compact Oxford English Dictionary (Access on 10/6/2010)





Bridge

• noun
1
a structure carrying a road, path, or railway across a river, road, etc.
2 the platform on a ship from which the captain and officers direct operations.
3 the upper bony part of a person’s nose.
4 a partial denture supported by natural teeth on either side.
5 the part on a stringed instrument over which the strings are stretched.
6 (also bridge passage) Music a transitional section or middle eight in a composition.
• verb be or make
a bridge over or between.
— ORIGIN Old English.
From
Compact Oxford English Dictionary (Access on 10/6/2010)



Table

• noun
1
a piece of furniture with a flat top and one or more legs, for eating, writing, or working at.
2 a set of facts or figures systematically displayed.
3 (tables) multiplication tables.
4 food provided in a restaurant or household: food includes a lunchtime buffet table.
• verb Brit. present formally for discussion or consideration at a meeting.
— PHRASES on the table available for discussion. turn the tables reverse a situation disadvantageous to oneself so that it becomes advantageous.
— ORIGIN Latin tabula ‘plank, tablet, list’.
From
Compact Oxford English Dictionary (Access on 10/6/2010)

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