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31puzzle — 01. The children spent the afternoon working on jigsaw [puzzles] with their parents. 02. I was a bit [puzzled] when my girlfriend suddenly decided she didn t want to go to the concert because she had been talking about it all week. 03. The old… …
32puzzle — 1 verb (T) 1 to confuse someone or make them feel slightly anxious because they do not understand something: What puzzles me is how the burglar got into the house without setting off the alarm. 2 (I, T) to think for a long time about something… …
33puzzle — 1 verb (T) 1 to confuse someone or make them feel slightly anxious because they do not understand something: What puzzles me is how the burglar got into the house without setting off the alarm. 2 (I, T) to think for a long time about something… …
34puzzle — I. verb (puzzled; puzzling) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1582 transitive verb 1. to offer or represent to (as a person) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve ; challenge mentally; also to exert (as oneself) over such …
35puzzle — Synonyms and related words: Chinese puzzle, Gordian knot, addle, ail, amaze, apply the mind, baffle, bafflement, baffling problem, bamboozle, be the matter, beat, befog, befuddle, beset, bewilder, bewilderment, boggle, bother, brain twister,… …
36puzzle — n 1. acrostic, crossword puzzle; anagram, logogriph, word game; jigsaw puzzle; Chinese puzzle. 2. enigma, mystery, riddle, conundrum, question, question mark; problem, dilemma, quandary, plight, predicament; maze, labyrinth, tangle, knot; secret …
37puzzle — [16] The origin of puzzle is, appropriately, a puzzle. One suggestion is that it may be derived from the now obsolete verb pose ‘interrogate, perplex’ (which survives in poser ‘difficult question or problem’), a shortened form of appose… …
38puzzle — [16] The origin of puzzle is, appropriately, a puzzle. One suggestion is that it may be derived from the now obsolete verb pose ‘interrogate, perplex’ (which survives in poser ‘difficult question or problem’), a shortened form of appose… …
39puzzle — 1. noun /ˈpʌzəl/ a) Anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of. Where he went after he left the house is a puzzle. b) A game for one person that is more or less difficult to work out or complete. Syn: anybodys guess, anyones guess …
40Puzzle — Legespiel; Puzzlespiel; Ratespiel; Denkspiel; Quiz * * * Puz|zle auch: Puzz|le 〈[pụz(ə)l] od. [pʌ̣z(ə)l] n. 15〉 Geduldsspiel, bei dem viele kleine Teile zu einer Bildfläche zusammengesetzt werden; Sy Puzzlespiel [engl., „Rätsel, Geduldsspiel“,… …
