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• breath´tak´ing|ly — breath|tak|ing «BREHTH TAY kihng», adjective. thrilling; exciting: »a breathtaking ride on a runaway horse. –breath´tak´ing|ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

• breath|tak|ing — «BREHTH TAY kihng», adjective. thrilling; exciting: »a breathtaking ride on a runaway horse. –breath´tak´ing|ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

• pains´tak´ing|ly — pains|tak|ing «PAYNZ TAY kihng», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. very careful; particular; scrupulous: »a painstaking writer. SYNONYM(S): assiduous. 2. marked or characterized by attentive care; carefully done: »a painstaking reproduction. –n. the… …   Useful english dictionary

• pains|tak|ing — «PAYNZ TAY kihng», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. very careful; particular; scrupulous: »a painstaking writer. SYNONYM(S): assiduous. 2. marked or characterized by attentive care; carefully done: »a painstaking reproduction. –n. the taking of pains;… …   Useful english dictionary

• care|tak|ing — «KAIR TAY kihng», noun. the work or responsibility of a caretaker, especially keeping someone else s house or grounds in good order …   Useful english dictionary

• leave-tak|ing — «LEEV TAY kihng», noun. the act of taking leave; saying good by …   Useful english dictionary

• pulse-tak|ing — «PUHLS TAY kihng», noun. Informal. the process of conducting a survey to find out what views or sentiments are popular in respect to a subject …   Useful english dictionary

• stock|tak|ing — «STOK TAY kihng», noun. 1. a periodical examination and inventorying of the stock of goods in a shop, warehouse, or the like. 2. Figurative. an accounting or reckoning up of resources, weaknesses, achievements, and failures; appraisal; evaluation …   Useful english dictionary

• un|der|tak|ing — «UHN duhr TAY kihng for 1, 2, 4; UHN duhr TAY kihng for 3 », noun. 1. something undertaken; task; enterprise: »a rash undertaking. My uncle engaged afterward in more prosperous undertakings (Charlotte Brontë). This is the very ecstasy of love,… …   Useful english dictionary

• tak — auf·tak·tig·keit; chit·tak; ip·i·u·tak; mis·tak·able; mis·tak·ing·ly; nun·a·tak; par·tak·er; tak·able; tak·er; tak·haar; tak·ing·ly; tak·ing·ness; tak·ka·nah; un·der·tak·er; un·der·tak·er·ly; ba·tak; pains·tak·ing; breath·tak·ing·ly;… …   English syllables