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text n. 1 wording, words, content, (subject-)matter; printed matter,
(main) body (text), contents: The editor had no right to make
changes in the text without consulting the author. The text is
in 10-point roman type, the footnotes in 8-point. 2 extract,
abstract, section, quotation, part, paragraph, passage, verse,
line: What text from the Scripture are we discussing next week?
3 subject(-matter), topic, theme, motif, issue, focus: For
today's talk I have chosen for my text the problem of
alcoholism. 4 textbook, school-book, reader, manual, primer,
workbook, exercise book, Archaic hornbook: Today's science
texts are much more advanced than those of twenty years ago.
texture n. feel, surface, character, grain, features, consistency,
weave; configuration, nature, structure, fabric, constitution,
substance: The material has a rough texture. The texture of the
plot is reinforced by the dialogue.
20.3 thank...
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thank v. 1 express or show (one's) gratitude or thanks or
appreciation, say thank you or thanks, give or offer or tender
thanks: Don't forget to thank your uncle for the gift, William.
2 blame, hold responsible, credit, acknowledge: You have your
mother to thank for the present state of affairs.
--n. 3 thanks. gratitude, appreciation, gratefulness,
acknowledgement, recognition, thanksgiving: I gave thanks that
I was again on dry land. 4 thanks to. owing to, because of, as
a result of, thanks be given to, in consequence of, as a
consequence of, by reason of, through, Sometimes non-standard
due to: Thanks to you, I have to commute to work by train.
thankful adj. grateful, appreciative, indebted, pleased, glad, obliged,
obligated, under obligation, beholden to: I am most thankful
that you came, doctor.
thankless adj. unappreciated, unacknowledged, useless, unrewarding,
fruitless, unprofitable, profitless, unrequited, vain, futile,
bootless: She always regarded housekeeping as a thankless task.