book

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   A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.

   Knowing I lou'd my bookes, he furniſhd me / From mine owne Library, with volumes, that / I prize aboue my Dukedome.

   I repeat: it suffices that a book be possible for it to exist. Only the impossible is excluded. For example: no book can be a ladder, although no doubt there are books which discuss and negate and demonstrate this possibility and others whose structure corresponds to that of a ladder.

   I can be anything. Take a look! It's in a book: A reading rainbow.

   She opened the book to page 37 and began to read aloud.

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   A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book.

   I have three copies of his first book.

   “I would never read a book,” he once told an interviewer. “I don’t want to say no book is ever worth reading, but I actually do believe something pretty close to that.”

   They read some books Sharing their moods They know everything Whatever it can mean

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   A major division of a long work.

   Genesis is the first book of the Bible.

   Many readers find the first book of A Tale of Two Cities to be confusing.

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   A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).

   I'm running a book on who is going to win the race.

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   informaleA bookmaker (a person who takes bets on sporting events and similar); bookie; turf accountant.

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   A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.

   a book of stamps

   a book of raffle tickets

   a book of matches (matchbook)

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   The script of a musical or opera.

   The guild helps ensure that the ownership and control of the music, lyrics, and book of a show remain in the hands of its authors and composers—not the producers.

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   Records of the accounts of a business.

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   A book award, a recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging the achievement).

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    Six tricks taken by one side.

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    gergoFour of a kind.

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    A document, held by the referee, of the incidents that happened in a game.

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    A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game.

    Celtic captain Scott Brown joined team-mate Majstorovic in the book and Rangers' John Fleck was also shown a yellow card as an ill-tempered half drew to a close.

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    The list of mares that a stallion will breed in a given season.

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    A list of the races that a jockey is scheduled to ride in.

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    The twenty-sixth Lenormand card.

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    figuratoAny source of instruction.

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    The accumulated body of knowledge passed down among black pimps.

    The Book is an oral tradition of belief in The Life that has been passed down from player to player from generation to generation.

    On the other hand The Book is an oral tradition containing the rules and principles to be adopted by a pimp who wishes to be a player.

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    informaleA portfolio of one's previous work in the industry.

    Getting your book (portfolio) organised is the first step, and knowing both what to include, and what to leave out, is an essential step towards achieving that important agency placement.

    Your portfolio — your book — has to be killer.

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    The sum of chess knowledge in the opening or endgame.

    The opposite-colored bishops endgame is usually a book draw.

    A book move

    out of book

    White to move and win. How can he do it? The BK plans a march to h8, eating the f4 pawn en route, for a book draw.

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    storicoA package of silk.

    This machinery was provided with a rotary drum with received upon its periphery the "books" of silk to be operated upon and presented them to travelling, combing, or dressing surfaces. The books were clamped and released automatically by the aid of bars formed with wedges and put in operation by screws […]

verbo

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   To reserve (something) for future use.

   I want to book a hotel room for tomorrow night.

   I can book tickets for the concert next week.

   I haven't booked, so I don't have a clue as to whether the service will be busy or not. Supposedly, reservations are compulsory, but I want to find out what would happen if you just turn up.

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   To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.

   They booked that message from the hill.

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   To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something.

   I booked a flight to New York.

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   To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action.

   The police booked him for driving too fast.

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   To issue a caution to, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.

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   gergoTo travel very fast.

   He was really booking until he passed the speed trap.

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   To record bets as bookmaker.

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   To receive the highest grade in a class.

   The top three students had a bet on which one was going to book their intellectual property class.

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   gergoTo move or leave, often hurriedly and abruptly.

   He was here earlier, but he booked.

verbo

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   Anche una forma di bakesimple past of bake

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