| expression |
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meaning |
| white cap |
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an ocean wave with foam on top |
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white-collar
(adjective) |
|
a job which does not require
manual
labor (for example,
a job done in an office) |
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| white coffee |
|
a combination of coffee and milk |
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| white elephant |
|
a useless possession (for example,
a
gift that you would never want
or buy for yourself) |
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| white flag |
|
a flag that is waved to signal
that
a person or group surrenders
to another person
or group |
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| white heat |
|
temperature that is high enough
to
make metal appear to be white |
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| white-hot |
|
(1) adjective describing metal
which is extremely hot;
(2) extremely intense or passionate.
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| the White House |
|
the official residence of the
U.S.
President |
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| a white lie |
|
a lie that is told in order to be
polite
or to avoid offending or
otherwise hurting someone |
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| white meat |
|
light-colored meat (veal, pork,
poultry,
fish). Dark-colored meat
(for example, beef or
mutton)
is called red meat. |
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| white tie |
|
expression referring to full formal
evening
dress for men |
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| whitewash |
|
noun: a mixture of water and
powdered
lime or chalk which
is used to paint walls;
verb:
(1) to apply whitewash to
a wall;
(2) to attempt to make someone
seem innocent or blameless by
concealing
his / her deficiencies,
errors, mistakes, or faults.
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| egg white |
|
the colorless part of an egg
that turns
white when cooked |
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the white of
one's eyes |
|
the white part of one's eyeballs
until you see the
white of
their eyes: until they are very
close
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