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  • advantage
    advantage [Car.; from to take advantage] v. to take advantage of; to cheat: He advantage him (San Sal.). (San Sal.,
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  • admire
    [cf. idem dial. Brit. Mid. EDD, US South ADD] v. to like: They leave cause they ain't admire their situation
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  • add on
    phr. to show off: She like to add on when she see people looking at her (Nassau). (Black)
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  • act your head
     [cf. act your age, use your head] phr. to use common sense: You a twenty-year-old woman and you can't act
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  • acrost, crost
    [cf. OED cross prep. →1821 and US dial. (a)crost idem ADD] prep. across: 1966 Lay acrost the bed (Crowley 87).
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  • a company
    [from accompany, reanalyzed as indefinite article + n.] n. phr. a companion; company: 1918 I want him for a companee
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  • ace on
    [OEDS II ace US: a person outstanding in any activity] adj. excellent at; outstanding in: He ace on dancin'. He
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  • acara (2)
    /akára/ (Adelaide); acara-cara /akàrakará/ (Inagua) [cf. use of okra in ACARA1 (Williams 1976:49 quot.) and also Krio akarakuru (from Yoruba
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  • acara (1), accra
    /akára, akrá/ [Pan-Creole; cf. akara 'fritter made from ground blackeyed peas' throughout English-speaking Car., Martinique Fr., Brazilian Port. (Hancock 1969:48,
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  • abroad
    /abróhd/ [W Car.; OED, out of one's house (arch. in US)] adv. not at home; out: 1832 Some of our
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