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Images in mirrors

image

noun

what you see when you look in a mirror

reflection

noun

an image that you see when you look in a mirror or other shiny surface

mirror image

noun

an image or object that is exactly the same as another, but with the left and right sides the other way round, as in a mirror

mirror

verb

to reflect something like a mirror

mirrored

adjective

containing mirrors

mirrored

adjective

reflecting like a mirror

caxirola

a percussion instrument used by football fans which makes a rattling sound when shaken

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glean

to learn small pieces of information by asking questions or watching or listening carefully

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pierce the corporate veil

… the decision to treat the rights and duties of a company as being the same as the rights and duties of its shareholders

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