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happy hour collapse: the time of day when a bar sells alcoholic drinks at a reduced price

strive collapse: to exert much effort or energy; "straining our ears to hear"

research collapse: systematic investigation to establish facts; inquire into; "the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project"; "He searched for information on his relatives on the web"; "Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness"; attempt to find out in a systematically and scientific manner; "The student researched the history of that word"

movie collapse: a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location"

early collapse: at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time; "early morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring"; "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties"; being or occurring at an early stage of development; "in an early stage"; "early forms of life"; "early man"; "an early computer"; of an early stage in the development of a language or literature; "the Early Hebrew alphabetical script is that used mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries B.C."; "Early Modern English is represented in documents printed from 1476 to 1700"; very young; "at an early age"; expected in the near future; "look for an early end to the negotiations"; before the usual time or the time expected; "she graduated early"; "the house was completed ahead of time"; in good time; "he awoke betimes that morning"

daydream collapse: have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake; "She looked out the window, daydreaming"

record collapse: the sum of recognized accomplishments; "the lawyer has a good record"; "the track record shows that he will be a good president"; an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport); "he tied the Olympic record"; "coffee production last year broke all previous records"; "Chicago set the homicide record"; a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone; "Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'"; "his name is in all the record books"; anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events; "the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques"; a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction; "they could find no record of the purchase"; the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had; "at 9-0 they have the best record in their league"; register electronically; "They recorded her singing"; make a record of; set down in permanent form; be aware of; "Did you register any change when I pressed the button?"

bide collapse: dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"

intermezzo collapse: a short piece of instrumental music composed for performance between acts of a drama or opera; a short movement coming between the major sections of a symphony

compel collapse: force or compel somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form"

accompany collapse: go or travel along with; "The nurse accompanied the old lady everywhere"

acceleration collapse: the act of accelerating; increasing the speed; an increase in rate of change; "modern science caused an acceleration of cultural change"; (physics) a rate of increase of velocity

eleventh hour collapse: the latest possible moment; "money became available at the eleventh hour"; "at the last minute the government changed the rules"

rising collapse: newly come into prominence; "a rising young politician"; advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status; "a rising trend"; "a rising market"

memoir collapse: an essay on a scientific or scholarly topic; an account of the author's personal experiences

yet collapse: up to the present time; "I have yet to see the results"; "details are yet to be worked out"

transitional collapse: of or relating to or characterized by transition; "adolescence is a transitional stage between childhood and adulthood"

interminably collapse: all the time; seemingly without stopping; "a theological student with whom I argued interminably"; "her nagging went on endlessly"

obsession collapse: an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone

launch collapse: a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck; smoothen the surface of; "launch plaster"; propel with force; "launch the space shuttle"; "Launch a ship"; get going; give impetus to; "launch a career"; "Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process"; launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage; "launch a ship"

vacation collapse: the act of making something legally void; leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure; "we get two weeks of vacation every summer"; "we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico"; spend or take a vacation

get up collapse: get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"; cause to rise; "The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M."

minor collapse: limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country"; inferior in number or size or amount; "a minor share of the profits"; "Ursa Minor"; lesser in scope or effect; "had minor differences"; "a minor disturbance"; not of legal age; "minor children"; of a scale or mode; "the minor keys"; "in B flat minor"; of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization; of lesser importance or stature or rank; "a minor poet"; "had a minor part in the play"; "a minor official"; "many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen"; "minor back roads"; of lesser seriousness or danger; "suffered only minor injuries"; "some minor flooding"; "a minor tropical disturbance"; warranting only temporal punishment; "venial sin"

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