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believe

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swallow something or someone up: engulf

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swallow something or someone up: absorb

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to cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach

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to do away with completely and destructively

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to regard (something) as true or real

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an act of swallowing

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a small amount of liquid food

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pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking

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engulf and destroy

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enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

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utter indistinctly

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take back what one has said

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keep from expressing

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believe or accept without questioning or challenge

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No, little Swallow," said the poor Prince, "you must go away to Egypt.
I will stay with you always," said the Swallow, and he slept at the Prince's feet.
Dear little Swallow," said the Prince, "you tell me of marvellous things, but more marvellous than anything is the suffering of men and of women.
So the Swallow flew over the great city, and saw the rich making merry in their beautiful houses, while the beggars were sitting at the gates.
Leaf after leaf of the fine gold the Swallow picked off, till the Happy Prince looked quite dull and grey.
The poor little Swallow grew colder and colder, but he would not leave the Prince, he loved him too well.
I am glad that you are going to Egypt at last, little Swallow," said the Prince, "you have stayed too long here; but you must kiss me on the lips, for I love you.
It is not to Egypt that I am going," said the Swallow.
So they threw it on a dust-heap where the dead Swallow was also lying.
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Never before had the saying 'one swallow does not a summer make' been more apt.
In-flight entertainment: small, dark and fast-moving, swifts and swallows make challenging photographic subjects. But with a bit of inside knowledge, capturing these summer migrants becomes distinctly easier
They discuss indications for intervention, the importance of treatment, relationships to other medical conditions, the anatomy and function of the swallowing mechanism, and the abnormal swallow and disorders that arise from neurological and head and neck disorders and diseases.
Clinical management of swallowing disorders, 3d ed
Some people may not be able to swallow at all, or they may feel like food is getting stuck in their throats or chests.
Tough pill to swallow? Perhaps it's a signal to see a doctor: untreated swallowing pro including malnutrition, including malnutrition, choking and pneumonia
Buggy Creek virus (BCRV; Togaviridae, Alphavirus) is an arbovirus associated with colonially nesting cliff swallows (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) and transmitted by its vector, the hematophagous swallow bug (Oeciacus vicarius), an ectoparasite of the cliff swallow.
J Wildl Dis.: Seasonal variation and age-related correlates of buggy-creek virus (Togaviridae) infection in nestling house sparrows
The Question: Are young children able to swallow a mini-tablet as easily as they swallow a liquid medicine?
Help the medicine go down
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