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  • 21brink — verge, edge, *border, rim, margin Analogous words: *limit, bound, end, confine: *shore, strand, coast …

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  • 22brink — [n] edge of an object or area border, boundary, brim, fringe, frontier, limit, lip, margin, perimeter, periphery, point, rim, skirt, threshold, verge; concepts 484,513 Ant. center, interior, middle …

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  • 23brink — sb., en, er, erne (stejl bred ved et vandområde) …

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  • 24brink — ► NOUN 1) the extreme edge of land before a steep slope or a body of water. 2) the threshold of a state or situation, typically a bad one. ORIGIN Scandinavian …

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  • 25brink — 01. He got so frustrated at work that he was on the [brink] of quitting his job. 02. The country seems almost on the [brink] of civil war as fighting intensifies between government troops and rebel forces. 03. Government researchers are believed… …

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  • 26Brink! — Infobox Film name =Brink! imdb id =0162212 |center writer =Jeff Schechter starring =Erik von Detten Sam Horrigan Christina Vidal | director =Greg Beeman distributor =Disney Channel released =1998 runtime =89 mins. language =English Brink! is a… …

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  • 27Brink's — The Brink s Company est une firme de sécurité et de protection dont le siège est situé à Richmond, en Virginie. Elle se compose de deux ensembles de base, Brink’s, Incorporated, et Brink’s Home Security. En 2005, cette firme comptait environ 54… …

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  • 28brink */ — UK [brɪŋk] / US noun [singular] 1) the brink the point in time when something very bad or very good is about to happen on the brink of (doing) something: She believed she was on the brink of discovering a cure for cancer. bring someone to the… …

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  • 29brink — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ very VERB + BRINK ▪ be (poised) on, hover on, stand on, teeter on ▪ Scientists are on the brink of making a major new discovery …

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  • 30brink — n. at, on the brink (he teetered on the very brink of disaster; at the brink of war) * * * [brɪŋk] on the brink (he teetered on the very brink of disaster; at the brink of war) at …

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