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Promptly

ADJECTIVE:

1. Done immediately, at once and without delay.

VERB:

1. To make somebody decide to do something.

2. To cause something to happen

3. To provide actors during a performance with words or lines they have forgotten.

4. To suggest something that somebody ought to say, or give a reminder to a speaker.

NOUN:

1. A reminder to a performer of the words or lines he or she has forgotten.

2. The act or occasion of reminding a performer of forgotten words or lines.

3. A symbol or message displayed on a computer monitor or an audio signal informing a computer user that some input is required.

4. The time limit of payment for goods or services, as indicated on a prompt note.
ADJECTIVE:

1. She promptly made coffee.

VERB:

1. What prompted him to change his mind, we don't yet know.
2. Fears of inflation prompted an immediate rise in interest rates.
3. He had to be prompted three times in the first scene.
4. His wife had to prompt him to mention the cleaning staff.

NOUN:

1. The reminder itself.
2. The reminding.
3. A computer symbol.
4. Time limit.
by Jafje April 15, 2007
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Brussels

Capital of Europe. Language spoken there is Dutch; The Dutch spelling of the word is Brussel.
I don't live in Brussels.
by Jafje May 20, 2007
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Respite

1. Brief interval of rest: A brief period of rest and recovery between periods of exertion or after something disagreeable.

2. Delay: A temporary delay.

3. Law reprieve: A temporary stay of execution of a criminal.
The woman was given some days of respite, she didn't have to work for some days after what happened.
by Jafje April 5, 2007
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ascention

To ascent to a higher plane of existence. According to theories there are 7 planes on the path of human evolution. Ascention is the process you go through when you die, but only if you are far enough evolved. When you are ascended, you exist as pure energy, that can take several forms.
Daniel ascended when he died, he went through the process called ascention and he now exists as pure energy.
by Jafje February 12, 2007
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Solemn

1. Earnest: Having or showing sincerity and gravity.

2. Humorless: Having or showing no joy or humor.

3. Formal: Characterized by ceremony or formality.

4. Celigious: Observed with sacred or religious ceremony.

5. Awe-inspiring: Inspiring wonder or reverence.
Solemn people are boring.
by Jafje April 15, 2007
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Limburgs

Limburgs: dialect simmular to Dutch spoken in the Dutch province of Limburg.
"Ik spreek Limburgs."
I speak the Limburgs dialect.
by Jafje May 19, 2007
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Friesland

Province in the Northern part of The Netherlands. Known for its many polders, rivers, lakes... Lots of water there. Also a province where many farmers still ware "klompen" (= wooden shoes).
They speak "Fryske" (= Friesch) in Friesland.

They also speak Dutch in Friesland.
by Jafje May 20, 2007
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