safe house

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noun

noun: safe house; plural noun: safe houses; noun: safehouse; plural noun: safehouses

a house in a secret location, used by spies or criminals in hiding.

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What are burn pits veterans?

According to the Unites States Department of Veterans Affairs, a burn pit is "an area devoted to open air combustion of trash." Military burn pits were often used for disposal in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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The most-common definitions of the 'metaverse' are:

an embodied virtual-reality experience;

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vote of confidence

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phrase of vote

a vote showing that a majority continues to support the policy of a leader or governing body.

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What does chew someone out mean?

to criticize someone angrily: The coach has already chewed out two of his swimmers for arriving late to practice.

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What does the saying the 11th hour mean?

: the latest possible time before it is too late still making changes at the eleventh hour.

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What is search and recovery?

Search and recovery is the act of locating and retrieving a missing person when it has been determined that they are beyond rescue. Additionally, search and recovery includes the retrieval of valuable objects such as police evidence or overboard vessel equipment.

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in·fer·no

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noun

noun: inferno; plural noun: infernos; noun: Inferno

a large fire that is dangerously out of control.

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epic

informal

particularly impressive or remarkable.

"the gig last night was epic"

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What does the idiom on my toes mean?

Alert, ready to act, as in Orchestra players must be on their toes all the time, so as not to miss an entrance. This metaphoric expression probably alludes to boxers or runners who must be on their toes in order to move or start quickly.

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monstrous

extremely and dauntingly large.

"the monstrous tidal wave swamped the surrounding countryside"

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What does the saying door-to-door mean?

phrase. If someone goes from door to door or goes door to door, they go along a street calling at each house in turn, for example selling something. They are going from door to door collecting money from civilians.

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What is cadaver dog?

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Human-remains detection dogs, or cadaver dogs, are used worldwide on land and water. Well-trained dogs help find the missing and dead in disasters, accidents, murders and suicides.

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Surface haptics

“Surface haptics” is the creation of programmable haptic effects on physical surfaces such as touch screens. Our lab has pioneered an approach to surface haptics based on controlling the shear force at each fingertip.

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Diverse learners

Diverse learners include children and students of all abilities from racially, ethnically, culturally, and linguistically diverse communities and backgrounds.

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backwoods

a remote or sparsely inhabited region, especially one considered backward.

"he drawls and stutters with a backwoods twang"

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thrive

/THrīv/

verb

gerund or present participle: thriving

(of a child, animal, or plant) grow or develop well or vigorously.

"the new baby thrived"

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