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in
[²] (INCLUSION OR INVOLVEMENT)

1 prep If something is in a book, film, play, or picture, you can read it or see it there.
Don't stick too precisely to what it says in the book.

2 prep If you are in something such as a play or a race, you are one of the people taking part.
Alf offered her a part in the play he was directing..., More than fifteen thousand people took part in the memorial service.

3 prep Something that is in a group or collection is a member of it or part of it.
The New England team are the worst in the league.

4 prep You use in to specify a general subject or field of activity.
...those working in the defence industry., ...future developments in medicine.

Translation English - Cobuild Collins Dictionary

inane
asinine, daft     (informal)   devoid of intelligence, empty, fatuous, frivolous, futile, goofy     (informal)   idiotic, imbecilic, mindless, puerile, senseless, silly, stupid, trifling, unintelligent, vacuous, vain, vapid, worthless

Antonyms
   meaningful, profound, sensible, serious, significant, weighty, worthwhile

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in-, in., inn, in (good/bad) shape

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a square peg in a round hole	exp.	a misfit; something or someone looking/behaving in a manner that comes in contradiction with the general context

it's got bits in it	n.	means a liquid is not clear: this tea's got bits in it, I don't like yogurt with bits in it	assez proche de l'idée de 'il y a à boire et à manger'

! Digital Footprint	exp.	A missing digital shadow left by user in interaction in cyberspace is called digital footprints.

winner's curse	n.	(in an auction, negotiation or other business competition) the situation in which the winning party has overrated the pursued object	[Bus.]

at a stretch	adv.	in a line, continuously, in quick succession
! employerism \em-'ploi-yer-izm\	n.	a career advancement website based in Palo Alto, California, specializing in Job Search / Job Hunt.	[Comp.] "I found my job at employerism.com"
pull rank on somebody	exp.	use the authority given by a position (in society, in a company etc.) to determine someone to act in a certain manner	E.g: He is not eager to attend the event, but he has to be there because his boss pulled rank on him.
potential donor of organs	n.	patient in prehospital setting in Profound Coma or in Cardiac Arrest that could be a Donor afer hospital verification of cerebral death and none contraindications
shotgun	n.	technique used for smoking a marijuana joint in two, consisting in one person inhaling the smoke exhaled by the other one	slang
! Virtual Legacy	exp.	A set of virtual assets or virtual value in cyberspace that may be left to another in a will.
! Medical Regulator	n.	Medical Doctor in charge of maintening a steady state of care demands in function of Resources See Samu	Samu Regulator Physician Medico Sanitary regulation of Medical Emergencies
Medical Regulation of Emergencies	n.	Physician Led management of Medical Emergencies from Emergency Call to Hospital intensive Care and GP emergencies in a SAMU in a global Integrated EMS	Medical term
Regulator of Emergencies Medical Doctor	n.	physician in charge in a SAMU medical Regulation center of evaluation of , calssification , sorting Medical Emergencies, and deciding of the prehospital best emergency care	called also Medical Regulator and different of English Medical Dispatchers who are not physicians
pentagonese	n.	specific language used in the Pentagon
to dig	nnpl.	to make a hole in ground, with a spade for example
sloth bear	n.	arboreal, nocturnal and insectivorous species of bear in the Indian subcontinent	known also as Labiated Bear

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