swiss

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ADJ.

beautiful, large, most, soaring, swedish

The most beautiful Swiss chocolates were displayed in the shop window.

VERB + SWISS

appears, beef, exist, roast, slice

The deli worker sliced the swiss cheese thin for my sandwich yesterday.

SWISS + NOUN

alps, bread, cheese, chocolate, citizens, everything, franc, keyboard

We bought some delicious Swiss chocolate at the duty-free shop before our flight home.

PREP.

in, on, on

I bought a new Swiss watch on sale at the department store last week.

ADV.

also, away, really

She really loves her Swiss watches and collects them obsessively.

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adj

1

Of, from, or pertaining to Switzerland or the Swiss people.

The obstructive tendency attributed to the knot in spiritual matters appears in a Swiss superstition that if, in sewing a corpse into its shroud, you make a knot on the thread, it will hinder the soul of the deceased on its passage to eternity.

The government has said in a paper on the UK’s post-Brexit border operating model that it will “ensure that EU, EEA and Swiss citizens may also continue to use our e-passport gates and the existing queueing arrangements”.

noun

1

A person from Switzerland or of Swiss descent.

2

Swiss cheese.

My favourite sandwich has roast beef and Swiss on rye bread.

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1

Swiss German; the variety of German spoken in Switzerland.

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The obstructive tendency attributed to the knot in spiritual matters appears in a Swiss superstition that if, in sewing a corpse into its shroud, you make a knot on the thread, it will hinder the soul

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The government has said in a paper on the UK’s post-Brexit border operating model that it will “ensure that EU, EEA and Swiss citizens may also continue to use our e-passport gates and the existing qu

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My favourite sandwich has roast beef and Swiss on rye bread.

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Most Swiss people can speak three or four languages.

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No place in the world is as beautiful as the Swiss Alps.

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Swiss chocolate really melts in your mouth.

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