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| in a nutshell |
| 1. adv. In summary; briefly or simply. |
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| He had a lot to say, but his answer, in a nutshell, was no. |
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| in |
| 1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits. |
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| 2. prep. Contained by. |
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| The dog is in the kennel. |
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| 3. prep. Within. |
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| 4. prep. Surrounded by. |
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| a |
| 1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group. |
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| There was a man here looking for you yesterday. |
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| 2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word. |
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| I've seen it happen a hundred times. |
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| 3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003) |
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| nutshell |
| 1. n. The shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut. |
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| 2. n. A short book summarizing an area of law. |
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| 3. v. To summarize (from the term in a nutshell). |
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