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flashback collapse: a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story; an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier)

hindsight collapse: understanding the nature of an event after it has happened; "hindsight is always better than foresight"

welterweight collapse: a professional boxer who weighs between 141 and 147 pounds; a wrestler who weighs 154-172 pounds; an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 148 pounds; a weight of 28 pounds; sometimes imposed as a handicap in a horse race (such as a steeple chase or hurdle race)

middleweight collapse: a professional boxer who weighs between 155 and 160 pounds; a wrestler who weighs 172-192 pounds; an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 165 pounds

flyweight collapse: an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 112 pounds; weighs no more than 115 pounds

think over collapse

bantamweight collapse: an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 119 pounds; weighs 115-126 pounds

tract collapse: a system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose; a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet; an extended area of land

cram collapse: prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam; study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"; put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled; "cram books into the suitcase"

arena collapse: a playing field where sports events take place; the central area of an ancient Roman amphitheater where contests and spectacles were held; especially an area that was strewn with sand

timecard collapse: a card used with a time clock to record an employee's starting and quitting times each day; a card recording an employee's starting and quitting times each work day

time sheet collapse: a record of the hours worked by employees

look through collapse

yellow race collapse: an Asian race

memorize collapse: commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"

retrospection collapse: memory for experiences that are past; "some psychologists tried to contrast retrospection and introspection"; reference to things past; "the story begins with no introductory retrospections"

sanctum collapse: a place of inviolable privacy; "he withdrew to his sanctum sanctorum, where the children could never go"

palooka collapse

rote collapse: memorization by repetition

reminiscence collapse: a mental impression retained and recalled from the past

fawn upon collapse

work of art collapse: art that is a product of one of the fine arts (especially a painting or sculpture of artistic merit)

staff of life collapse

apple polisher collapse: someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect

groveler collapse

brown nose collapse

wade through collapse

fantasy collapse: imagination unrestricted by reality; "a schoolgirl fantasy"; fiction with a large amount of imagination in it; "she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies"; indulge in fantasies; "he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company"

handshake collapse: grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)

schooling collapse: the act of teaching at school; the training of an animal (especially the training of a horse for dressage)

truckling collapse: the act of obeying meanly (especially obeying in a humble manner or for unworthy reasons)

truckler collapse

bootlicker collapse

toadying collapse

braise collapse: cook in liquid; "braise beef"

saute collapse: a dish of sauteed food; fried quickly in a little fat; fry briefly over high heat; "saute the onions"

faithful servant collapse

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