troop n. 1. A group or company of people, animals, or things. See Synonyms at band2, flock1. 2. a. A group of soldiers. b.

troops Military units; soldiers. c. A unit of cavalry, armored vehicles, or artillery in a European army, corresponding to a platoon in the U.S. Army. 3. A unit of at least five Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts under the guidance of an adult leader. 4. A great many; a lot. intr.v. trooped, trooping, troops 1. To move or go as a throng. 2. To assemble or move in crowds. 3. To consort; associate. bring back Verb 1 bring back to the point of departure [syn: return] . 2 return to consciousness; "These pictures bring back sadmemories" [syn: bring . to] [ant: anaesthetise] kid [kid] Show IPA noun, verb, kidded, kidding,adjective noun. Informal . a child or young person. 2. (used as a familiar form of address.) 3. a young goat. 4. leather made from the skin of a kid or goat, used in makingshoes and gloves. 5. a glove made from this leather.
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kid [kid] Show IPA verb,kidded, kidding. Informal . verb (used with object) 1. to talk or deal jokingly with; banter; jest with: She isalways kidded about her accent. 2. to humbug or fool. verb (used without object) 3.
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plunge/pln/ verb 1 fall or move suddenly and uncontrollably. jump or dive quickly and energetically. (often plunge in) embark impetuously on a speech or course of action. 2 push or thrust quickly. (plunge someone/thing into) suddenly bring someone or something into a specified condition or state. nounan act of plunging. PHRASES take the plunge informal commit oneself to a bold course of action after consideration. ORIGIN ME: from OFr. plungier thrust down, based on L. plumbumlead, plummet.

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary 2008 Oxford University Press: rule/rul/ noun 1 a regulation or principle governing conduct or procedure within a particular area of activity. a code of practice and discipline for a religious community: the Rule of St Benedict. 2 control or government: an end to British rule. 3 (the rule) the normal or customary state of things. 4 a straight strip of rigid material used for measuring; a ruler. 5 a thin printed line or dash. verb 1 exercise ultimate power over (a people or nation). exert a powerful and restricting influence on. informal be very good or the best. 2 pronounce authoritatively and legally to be the case. 3 (often as adj. ruled) make parallel lines on (paper). 4 (rule something out/in) exclude (or include) something as a possibility. PHRASES as a rule usually, but not always. rule of law the restriction of power by well-defined and established laws. rule of the road a custom or law regulating the direction in which two vehicles should move to pass one another on meeting to avoid collision. rule of thumb a broadly accurate guide or principle, based on practice rather than theory. rule the roost be in complete control.

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binge /bn/ informal nouna period of excessive indulgence.verb (binges, bingeing or US also binging, binged)indulge in an activity, especially eating or drinking, to excess. DERIVATIVES binger noun. ORIGIN C19: of unknown origin.

contrast

/kntrst, British kntr:st/ verb

inflected forms: contrasts; contrasted; contrasting

1 [no object] : to be different especially in a way that is very obvious Her black dress and the white background contrastsharply. often followed by with Her black dress contrasts sharply with the white background. Her actions contrasted withher promises. 2 [with object] : to compare (two people or things) to show how they are different We compared and contrasted the two characters of the story. often followed by with or to His essay contrasted his life in America with/to life in India. contrasting adjective [more contrasting; most contrasting] He wore a dark suit with a necktie in a contrasting color. contrasting opinions/views/ideas contrastingly adverb

Ontognesis. Refiere al proceso evolutivo de un individuo dentro de una especie, es decir, a la ontogenia. Cuando nos referimos al proceso evolutivo de la especie hablamos de filognesis. Semitico-ca . Teora general y ciencia que estudia los signos, sus relaciones y su significado. Ciencia que trata de los signos de las enfermedades desde el punto de vista del diagnstico y del pronstico: Ciencia que se ocupa del estudio de los signos en una comunidad, de la cual forma parte la lingstica. Estribar

Fundamentarse o tener su origen una cosa en otra: el xito que tiene en su trabajo estriba en su buena voluntad. Residir. Descansar una cosa sobre otra. Descansar el peso de una cosa en otra slida y firme. Plot summary A chance encounter (in late March 1939) with hulking ex-con Moose Malloy on Los Angeles' Central Avenue, the part that is "not yet all negro", gets Marlowe into all kinds of trouble. Just released from prison, Malloy is looking for his one-time girlfriend, red-haired Velma Valento, whom he last saw eight years ago. The nightclub where she used to sing, Florian's, is now a black "dine and dice emporium", and no one there has ever heard of her. Malloy leaves after flinging the black bouncer across the room, and Marlowe is asked by a detective on the case, Nulty, to look for Velma. He learns the address of Florian's widow, a drunken middle-aged floozy, and plies her with some bonded bourbon. She tells him, unconvincingly, that Velma is dead; but he finds a photo of her that the widow Florian was trying to hide from him. Later that afternoon, Marlowe is hired by Lindsay Marriott, a curly-haired gigolo, to assist in handing over an $8,000 ransom for a rare Jaden owned by a woman friend of Marriott's. However, at the isolated meeting pointa lonely canyon in the middle of the nightMarlowe is knocked out. When Marlowe comes to, he chances upon a passerby, Anne Riordan, who has found Marriott murdered. Anne takes some marijuana cigarettes off Marriott before Marlowe contacts the police. Later, Anne gives the cigarettes to Marlowe. With Anne's help, Marlowe learns that the owner of the necklace is a Mrs. Grayle. Marlowe visits Mrs. Grayle, a beautiful blonde married to an elderly millionaire, who backs up Marriott's story that she was robbed of the necklace. Suspicious of Marriott's joints, Marlowe cuts one open and finds the business card of one "Jules Amthor", "Psychic Consultant". Marlowe also learns that the title to the house of Florian's widow was in Marriott's name. Marlowe meets Amthor at the latter's "modernistic" hilltop home. There, Marlowe is beaten up with the help of crooked policemen. Later removed to a "sanitorium", Marlowe is shot full of dope but manages to escape. With a policeman, Marlowe finds Florian's widow murdered in her house. Marlowe makes it to a gambling ship off the coast where he attempts to get word to Malloy that he has information for him. Marlowe lands back at his Hollywood apartment, takes a nap and awakes to find Malloy there. Mrs. Grayle then arrives while Malloy hides. Mrs. Grayle and Marlowe talk and it becomes clear that Velma and Mrs. Grayle are the same person. It is revealed that after realizing her new identity was in jeopardy from Marlowe's inquiries,

she was anxious to stop his investigation. It is implied that she killed Marriott as well (the job done by an "amateur" who put his "brains all over his face"). When she encounters Malloy at the denouement, she kills him and flees. At the end of the novel, Marlowe relates that she committed suicide in Baltimore after her true identity was found out by police there.