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Corregidor in British English
(kəˈrɛɡɪˌdɔː)
noun
an island at the entrance to Manila Bay, in the Philippines: site of the defeat of American forces by the Japanese (1942) in World War II
Corregidor in American English
(kəˈrɛgəˌdɔr)
small fortified island in the Philippines, at the entrance to Manila Bay: in WWII, American-Filipinotroops fought on for a month after the fall of Bataan; finally invaded & garrison forced to surrender (May, 1942); recaptured (Feb., 1945)
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- to give way
- to give yeoman service
- to give your word of honour
- to glance at sb/sth
- to glare at sb
- togliatti
- to glisten with sth
- to gloat over or about sth
- to glory in
- to glow with pleasure/pride
- to glue sth together
- to glue sth to sth
- to gnash one's teeth
- to gnaw at
- to go
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- to go according to plan
- to go ahead with sth
- to go all out for sth/to do sth
- to go a long way
- to go and see sb
- to go apeshit
- to go around (to sb's)
- to go astray
- to go away empty-handed