select
/sɪˈlɛkt/ adjective B1- Privileged, specially selected. · Only a select few were allowed into the premiere.· The child was upset when he was cut from select soccer and had to play on his school team with the rest of the plebes.
- Of high quality; top-notch. · This is a select cut of beef.
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“You are right; You know they are select affairs; those who remain in Paris in July must be true Parisians.
Much of what I tell you is no doubt quite irrelevant, but still I feel that it is best that I should let you have all the facts and leave you to select for yourself those which will be of most service to you in helping you to your conclusions.
Then, turning towards Ali, he said, “Let all the horses in my stables be led before the windows of your young lady, that she may select those she prefers for her carriage.
It will be absolutely necessary that the place you may select have a small harbor, creek, or bay, into which my corvette can enter and remain at anchor.
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