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640	shot	©
1. adj. (colloquial) Worn out or broken.
The rear axle will have to be replaced. It's shot.
2. adj. (of material, especially silk) Woven from warp and weft strands of different colours, resulting in an iridescent appearance.
The cloak was shot through with silver threads.
3. adj. Tired, weary.
	shoot
1. v. To launch a projectile.
2. v. To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile).
3. v. To fire (a projectile).
4. v. To fire a projectile at (a person or target).
641	evening	©
1. n. The time of the day between dusk and night, when it gets dark.
2. n. The time of the day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight (compare afternoon); the period after the end of regular office working hours.
3. n. (figuratively) A concluding time period; a point in time near the end of something; the beginning of the end of something.
It was the evening of the Roman Empire.
4. n. A party or gathering held in the evening.
	even
1. adj. Flat and level.
2. adj. Without great variation.
3. adj. Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc.
642	he'll
1. contraction. he will
2. contraction. he shall
	he
1. pron. (personal) A male person or animal already known or implied.
2. pron. (personal, sometimes proscribed, see usage notes) A person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant.
3. pron. (personal) An animal whose gender is unknown.
4. n. The game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he".
	will
1. v. (rare, transitive) To wish, desire (something).
2. v. (rare, intransitive) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).
3. v. (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
4. v. (auxiliary) To choose to (do something), used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive).
643	questions	©
1. n. plural of question
2. n. A game in which players must only say questions, and if they don't they lose. Below is an example of how to play.
A: Do you know the time?
B: Can you wait a second while I look for my watch?
A: Can't you just look at the clock?
	question
1. n. A sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response; an interrogative.
2. n. A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.
644	yours	©
1. pron. That which belongs to you (singular); the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun.
If this edit is mine, the other must be yours. Their encyclopedia is good, but yours is even better. It’s all yours.
2. pron. That which belongs to you (plural); the possessive second-person plural pronoun used without a following noun.
3. pron. Written at the end of a letter, before the signature.
Yours sincerely, Yours faithfully, Yours, Sincerely yours
645	hospital
1. n. A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical and/or surgical treatment.
Luckily an ambulance arrived quickly and he was rushed to hospital. (UK)
Luckily an ambulance arrived quickly and he was rushed to the hospital. (US)
2. n. A building founded for the long-term care of its residents, such as an almshouse. The residents may have no physical ailments, but simply need financial support.
3. n. (obsolete) A place of lodging.
646	somebody	©
1. pron. Some unspecified person.
Somebody has to clean this mess up.
2. n. A recognised person, a celebrity.
I'm tired of being a nobody – I want to be a somebody.
647	coffee
1. n. A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.
2. n. A serving of this beverage.
3. n. The seeds of the plant used to make coffee, misnamed ‘beans’ due to their shape.
4. n. The powder made by roasting and grinding the seeds.
5. n. A tropical plant of the genus Coffea.
648	attack	©
1. n. An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
2. n. An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
They claimed the censorship of the article was an attack on free speech.
3. n. A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.
The army timed their attack to coincide with the local celebrations.
649	ahead	©
1. adv. In or to the front; in advance; onward.
The island was directly ahead.
2. adv. In the direction one is facing or moving.
Just ahead you can see the cliffs.
3. adv. In or for the future.
650	mom
1. n. (Canada, US, West Midlands, colloquial, familiar) mother.
2. n. (informal) An adult female owner of a pet.
651	cause	©
1. n. (often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.
They identified a burst pipe as the cause of the flooding.
2. n. (especially with for and a bare noun) Sufficient reason for a state, as of emotion.
There is no cause for alarm.
The end of the war was a cause for celebration.
652	cold
1. adj. (of a thing) Having a low temperature.
A cold wind whistled through the trees.
2. adj. (of the weather) Causing the air to be cold.
The forecast is that it will be very cold today.
3. adj. (of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.
653	special	©
1. adj. Distinguished by a unique or unusual quality.
a special episode of a television series
2. adj. Of particular personal interest or value; dear; beloved.
Everyone is special to someone.
3. adj. (euphemistic) Of or related to learning or intellectual disabilities.
654	fall	©
1. n. The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
2. n. A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
3. n. (chiefly North America, obsolete elsewhere) The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the trees; autumn; the season of the year between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice.
4. n. A loss of greatness or status.
the fall of Rome
655	dad
1. n. (informal) A father, a male parent.
He hadn't seen his dad in years.
2. n. (familiar) Used to address one's father
Happy Father's Day, Dad!
3. n. (slang) Used to address an older adult male
656	shut	©
1. v. To close, to stop from being open.
Please shut the door.
The light was so bright I had to shut my eyes.
2. v. (intransitive) To close, to stop being open.
If you wait too long, the automatic door will shut.
657	herself
1. pron. (reflexive pronoun) Her; the female object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.
She injured herself.
2. pron. (emphatic) She; an intensive repetition of the female subject, often used to indicate the exclusiveness of that person as the only satisfier of the predicate.
She was injured herself.
3. pron. (Ireland) (The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate;) she (used of upper-class ladies, or sarcastically, of women who imagine themselves to be more important than others)
658	chair
1. n. An item of furniture used to sit on or in comprising a seat, legs, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. Compare stool, couch, sofa, settee, loveseat and bench.
All I need to weather a snowstorm is hot coffee, a warm fire, a good book and a comfortable chair.
2. n. clipping of chairperson
Under the rules of order adopted by the board, the chair may neither make nor second motions.
3. n. (music) The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.
659	meant	©
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of mean
	mean
1. v. To intend.
2. v. To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention.

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