Difference between over and be

Definitions

adjective

1. having come or been brought to a conclusion

adverb

1. throughout a period of time
2. over the entire area
3. beyond the top or upper surface or edge; forward from an upright position
4. at or to a point across intervening space etc.
5. throughout an area

noun

1. (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch

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Some were members of Turkey's elite military class known as "pashas," a title of respect harking back to Ottoman military commanders Monday for allegedly planning to blow up mosques in order to trigger a military takeover and overthrow the

Laura Wade's Posh, timed to open as the Tories edged into power in May 2010, reminded us just what we were in for: overprivileged hooligans in drinking-society blazers who trash a pub as thoughtlessly as they will trash the country.

For centuries, scholars have squabbled over the design of the ship, which was crucial to defeating the Persians in the Battle of Salamis in 480 B.C., part of a wider war that included the fight at Thermopylae dramatized in the film "300.

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verb

1. spend or use time
2. work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
3. be identical or equivalent to
4. represent, as of a character on stage
5. be priced at

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Three tall memorial archways inscribed with Chinese characters stand outside the temple.

Ask for an aged standing rib roast from the forequarter, trimmed and chined; bring to room temperature before roasting.

When we see her, we remember that hot July day doing five knots pulling Jess and Jerry on a tube and Russ skippering his first yacht.

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