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Break the law
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do something that is illegal. |
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Breakers
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Waves that break into foam along the shoreline. |
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Bream
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a fresh-water fish, also called "sunfish" or "blue-gill" |
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Briar patches
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thorny, prickly bushes or shrubs. |
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Brigham Young
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Was the next famous Mormon name, after Joseph
Smith. He had been a farmer and journey-man
carpenter-painter-glazier near Smith's home in
New York State before being converted in 1831,
to become a leading Mormon minister. |
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Broke corn on railroad track
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The poor collected the corn or grain that
spilled from the passing trains onto the ground
beside the train tracks. The corn was not
cracked at the gathering time, but was picked
up, taken home and crushed for eating. |
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Broken English
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incorrect English: that spoken by one
attempting to speak English, but whose original
language is not English. |
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Broom sage
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A type of wild grass or shrub having long stiff
tough stems. A "broomsage field" - a field of
wild course shrubs. |
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Brush Arbor; Brush Arbor Meetings
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1.Brush arbor: a shelter made of upright poles
with a simple roof of poles or stakes covered
with hay or branches which protected worshipers
from the weather.
2.Brush Arbor meetings began in the late 1700s
in
the United States when there were no formal
churches in which to worship. |
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Buckboard
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a light, four-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle having a long, flexible board in place of body and springs. |
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Bucking off
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a horse jumping up and down quickly in an
attempt to throw off the items on its back. |
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Buffalo
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The North American Bison; a variety of wild oxen
2. Slang: buffalo - to intimidate someone. |
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Bump into
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meet someone unexpectedly or by chance. |
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Bunco
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Buns
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a bread-like roll , often used with hamburger; sometimes sweet. |
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Burn your/the bridges
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to make certain that you won't go back to the old or previous situation. |
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Butt in, To
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To interfere in other people's business; join in with what other people are doing without asking or being asked. |
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By and by
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later on; in the near future; after a little
time; soon. |
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By degrees
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gradually, slowly, little by little. |
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By leaps and bounds
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By rights
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Next in line to be King. |
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Supposedly, the God-given right to rule. |
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By the skin of one's teeth
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