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st
noun 12name 4intj 1verb 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
lay, live, new, still
VERB + ST
celebrate, dance, exiled, explain, know, mount, send, visited
ST + NOUN
day, helena, james, james's, language, louis, mark's, mary
PREP.
in, in, on, on, through
ADV.
often
Definitions
intj
1
Expressing a sudden desire for silence.
noun
1
Alternative form of st. and St.; abbreviation of street.
2
Abbreviation of state.
3
Abbreviation of stone; not capitalized or usually spaced.
Weighed myself at the gym and have hit 10st 8lb, a sure sign of things getting out of control—so I can’t even console myself with a chocolate biscuit.
4
Abbreviation of store.
5
Abbreviation of stitch.
insert right-hand needle bet 2 sts just knitted
Knit 1 row. Dec 1 st at each end of next row and at each end of every foll alt row until 2 sts rem.
noun
1
Initialism of short ton(s).
2
Initialism of storyteller, especially in the context of running certain tabletop role-playing games.
3
Abbreviation of steam.
4
Initialism of sanitary towel.
5
An ST segment.
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Weighed myself at the gym and have hit 10st 8lb, a sure sign of things getting out of control—so I can’t even console myself with a chocolate biscuit.
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insert right-hand needle bet 2 sts just knitted
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Knit 1 row. Dec 1 st at each end of next row and at each end of every foll alt row until 2 sts rem.
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[S]tudents in their first year believe that source text and target text should be identical in content, that the TT should be a reproduction of the ST in another language, and that the TT should read
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As references in various articles on my Web site will demonstrate, I do spend time reading publications promoting non-Christian viewpoints. But still ST is supposed to be entertaining. And I do know o
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At Rome, the papal basilicas of St Peter and St Paul both lay outside the city walls: at Canterbury, Augustine founded an extramural burial church, dedicated to Sts Peter and Paul together.
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