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• pattern practice — n. 1. (in foreign language learning) a technique for practicing a linguistic structure in which students repeat a sentence or other structure, each time substituting a new element, such as a new verb, as directed by the teacher, or transforming… …   Universalium

• pattern practice — n. 1. (in foreign language learning) a technique for practicing a linguistic structure in which students repeat a sentence or other structure, each time substituting a new element, such as a new verb, as directed by the teacher, or transforming… …   Useful english dictionary

• Pattern 1853 Enfield — Rifle Musket 1853 Enfield Rifle Musket Type Rifled Musket Place of origin …   Wikipedia

• Drill bit — For the fictional character, see Drill Bit (Transformers). For the cancelled skyscraper nicknamed Drill bit, see Chicago Spire. For the types used in drilling wells, see Well drilling. From top to bottom: Spade, lip and spur (brad point), masonry …   Wikipedia

• drill — I. verb Etymology: Dutch drillen Date: 1619 transitive verb 1. a. to fix something in the mind or habit pattern of by repetitive instruction < drill pupils in spelling > b. to impart or communicate by repetition < impossible to drill the simplest …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Drill lathe — Lathe Lathe (l[=a][th]), n. [OE. lathe a granary; akin to G. lade a chest, Icel. hla[eth]a a storehouse, barn; but cf. also Icel. l[ o][eth] a smith s lathe. Senses 2 and 3 are perh. of the same origin as lathe a granary, the original meaning… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• drill — vb 1. British to sleep. A middle class and public school term deriving from the phrase blanket drill , a facetious army expression for sleeping. 2. to shoot (usually to kill). A now dated Americanism adopted by crime and western movies and… …   Contemporary slang

• Khaki drill — or KD was the term for a type of fabric and the British military uniforms made from them. Khaki Drill was worn from 1900 to 1949 and was most often used in tropical service. Generally KD was a series of different uniform patterns of light khaki… …   Wikipedia

• Patterndrill — Pat|tern|drill der; [e]s <aus engl. pattern drill »Beispielübung«> svw. ↑Patternpraxis …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

• routine — 1. noun 1) his morning routine Syn: procedure, practice, pattern, drill, regimen; program, schedule, plan; formula, method, system; customs, habits; wont 2) a stand up routine …   Thesaurus of popular words