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400 small  ©
     1. adj. Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.
           A small serving of ice cream.
           A small group.
           He made us all feel small.
     2. adj. (figuratively) Young, as a child.
401 car
     1. n. A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation; a motorcar or automobile.
           She drove her car to the mall.
     2. n. (dated) A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal; a chariot.
     3. n.          (Birmingham) A four-wheeled cab, as opposed to a (two-wheeled) Hansom cab.
     4. n. (rail transport, chiefly North America) An unpowered unit in a railroad train.
402 able  ©
     1. adj. (obsolete, passive) Easy to use.
     2. adj. (obsolete, passive) Suitable; competent.
     3. adj. (obsolete, dialectal, passive) Liable to.
     4. adj. Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.
     5. adj. Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from.
403 asked  ©
     1. v. simple past tense and past participle of ask
     ask
          1. v. To request (information, or an answer to a question).
          2. v. To put forward (a question) to be answered.
          3. v. To interrogate or enquire of (a person).
404 past  ©
     1. n. The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.
           a book about a time machine that can transport people back into the past
     2. n. (grammar) The past tense.
     3. adj. Having already happened; in the past; finished.
           past glories
405 actually  ©
     1. adv. (modal) In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.
           Actually, I had nothing to do with that incident.
     2. adv. (obsolete) Actively.
           Neither actually (...) nor passively. — Fuller.
406 office  ©
     1. n. (religion) A ceremonial duty or service, particularly:
     2. n. (Christianity) The authorized form of ceremonial worship of a church.
     3. n. (particularly) Mass, label, en, particularly the introit sung at its beginning.
     4. n. (Christianity) Any special liturgy, as the Office for the Dead or of the Virgin.
     5. n. (Christianity) A daily service without the eucharist.
407 working
     1. n. (usually plural) Operation; action.
     2. n. Method of operation.
     3. n. (arithmetic) The incidental or subsidiary calculations performed in solving an overall problem.
           Be sure to check your working.
     4. n. Fermentation.
     work
          1. n. (heading) Employment.
          2. n.          Labour, occupation, job.
          3. n.          The place where one is employed.
408 gave  ©
     1. v. simple past tense of give
     give
          1. v. (ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
          2. v.          To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).
409 move  ©
     1. v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
           A ship moves rapidly.
           I was sitting on the sofa for a long time, feeling too lazy to move.
     2. v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to begin to act
           to move in a matter
410 started  ©
     1. v. simple past tense and past participle of start
     start
          1. n. The beginning of an activity.
          2. n. A sudden involuntary movement.
          3. n. The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.
411 table
     1. n. Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses.
     2. n.          An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs.
     3. n.          A flat tray which can be used as a table.
     4. n.          (poker, metonym) The lineup of players at a given table.
                   That's the strongest table I've ever seen at a European Poker Tour event
412 others  ©
     1. n. plural of other
     2. n. Other people.
           I treat others like I treat myself.
     3. n. Those remaining after one or more people or items have left, or done something else, or been excluded.
           Two decided to hide, the others surrendered.   I kept two special jars and threw away all the others.
     other
          1. adj. See other (determiner) below
          2. adj. second.
          3. adj. Alien.
          4. adj. Different.
413 book
     1. n. A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
           She opened the book to page 37 and began to read aloud.
           He was frustrated because he couldn't find anything about dinosaurs in the book.
     2. n. A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets.
           I have three copies of his first book.
414 turns  ©
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of turn
     2. n. plural of turn
     turn
          1. v. to make a non-linear physical movement.:
          2. v.          (intransitive) Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself.
          3. v.          To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
415 however  ©
     1. adv. Nevertheless; yet, still; in spite of (that).
           He told me not to do it. I, however, did it anyway. / I did it anyway, however. / (sometimes proscribed:) However, I did it anyway.
           She wanted to go; however, she decided against it.
     2. adv. (degree) To whatever degree or extent
           However clear you think you've been, many questions will remain.
416 perhaps  ©
     1. adv. Modifies a verb, indicating a lack of certainty.
           Perhaps John will come over for dinner.
     2. adv. (rare) By chance.
     3. n. An uncertainty.
417 kill  ©
     1. v. To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
           Smoking kills more people each year than alcohol and drugs combined.
     2. v. To render inoperative.
           He killed the engine and turned off the headlights, but remained in the car, waiting.
     3. v. (transitive, figuratively) To stop, cease or render void; to terminate.
418 lost  ©
     1. v. simple past tense and past participle of lose
     2. adj. Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way.
           The children were soon lost in the forest.
     3. adj. In an unknown location; unable to be found.
           Deep beneath the ocean, the Titanic was lost to the world.
     lose
          1. v. To cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability due to unfortunate or unknown circumstances, events or reasons.
          2. v. To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from.
419 listen
     1. v. (intransitive) To pay attention to a sound or speech.
           Please listen carefully as I explain.  I like to listen to music.
     2. v. (intransitive) To expect or wait for a sound, such as a signal.
           You should listen for the starting gun.
     3. v. (intransitive) To accept advice or obey instruction; to agree or assent.
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