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engagement collapse: employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time; "the play had bookings throughout the summer"; the act of sharing in the activities of a group; "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities"; contact by fitting together; "the engagement of the clutch"; "the meshing of gears"

teaching collapse: the profession of a teacher; "he prepared for teaching while still in college"; "pedagogy is recognized as an important profession"; a doctrine that is taught; "the teachings of religion"; "he believed all the Christian precepts"

win collapse: a victory (as in a race or other competition); "he was happy to get the win"; be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious; "He won the Gold Medal in skating"; "Our home team won"; "Win the game"

entice collapse: provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation"

talk collapse: the act of giving a talk to an audience; "I attended an interesting talk on local history"; an exchange of ideas via conversation; "let's have more work and less talk around here"; discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of'); "his poetry contains much talk about love and anger"; idle gossip or rumor; "there has been talk about you lately"; express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"; exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"

rhetoric collapse: study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking); using language effectively to please or persuade

murky collapse: dark or gloomy; "a murky dungeon"; "murky rooms lit by smoke-blackened lamps"

morality collapse: concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct

comment collapse: a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material; "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal"; explain or interpret something; make or write a comment on; "he commented the paper of his colleague"

get around collapse: move around; move from place to place; "How does she get around without a car?"

discussion collapse: an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic; "the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic"; "his treatment of the race question is badly biased"; an exchange of views on some topic; "we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it"

doubles collapse: tennis played with two players on each side; badminton played with two players on each side

patter collapse: a quick succession of light rapid sounds; "the patter of mice"; "the patter of tiny feet"; make light, rapid and repeated sounds; "gently pattering rain"

canvass collapse: solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign

overcharge collapse: a price that is too high; rip off; ask an unreasonable price

go back collapse: belong to an earlier time; "This story dates back 200 years"

evasion collapse: the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver; nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"; the deliberate act of failing to pay money; "his evasion of all his creditors"; "he was indicted for nonpayment"; a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth

vapor collapse: a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance

cockatrice collapse: monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to kill with a glance

double Dutch collapse: the difficult version of jump rope in which players jump over two ropes that are swung in a crisscross manner by two turners; an incomprehensible talk

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