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01. The Reform Party is trying to [forge] an alliance with the Conservative Party in order to defeat the Liberals in the next election.
02. The President is determined to [forge] a new relationship with the Chinese Premier in order to improve trade between the two nations.
03. This program is designed to [forge] new links between businesses in town, and our local high school population, for the purpose of providing work experience for young people.
04. These computer programs will help new graduates [forge] a promising career in the high-tech industry.
05. Many criminals these days are using sophisticated computer scanners and photocopiers to [forge] money.
06. Most stores now have a machine to detect currency which has been [forged].
07. You can buy [forged] travel documents and university degrees on the black market there.
08. Someone had tried to [forge] her signature on a check, but luckily the bank teller noticed it.
09. Art [forgery] is apparently a serious problem, and many galleries have works supposedly painted by the masters, but which are actually fakes.
10. The farmer [forges] his own tools in the traditional way.
11. Blacksmiths at the heritage village site show visitors how to [forge] horseshoes and farm implements.
12. A. B. ZuTavern once remarked, "The successful man has enthusiasm. Good work is never done in cold blood; heat is needed to [forge] anything."
13. James A. Froude once remarked that you cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and [forge] yourself one.
14. There is a Turkish proverb which observes that you cannot [forge] a good sword from bad iron.
15. Since independence, Azerbaijan has worked hard to [forge] new commercial ties with its neighbors, in order to stimulate economic growth.
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forge — forge … Dictionnaire des rimes
forgé — forgé … Dictionnaire des rimes
forge — [ fɔrʒ ] n. f. • XIIe aussi faverge; provenç. faurga, du lat. fabrica « atelier » 1 ♦ Cour. Atelier où l on travaille les métaux au feu et au marteau. Artisans, ouvriers d une forge. ⇒ forgeron. Forge d orfèvre, de serrurier. Forge de maréchal… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Forge — (f[=o]rj), n. [F. forge, fr. L. fabrica the workshop of an artisan who works in hard materials, fr. faber artisan, smith, as adj., skillful, ingenious; cf. Gr. ? soft, tender. Cf. {Fabric}.] 1. A place or establishment where iron or other metals… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
forge — [fɔːdʒ ǁ fɔːrdʒ] verb [transitive] 1. LAW to produce a document or money that is not Genuine (= real), or to sign something with a false name: • They had forged some company documents and set up phoney ( … Financial and business terms
forge — FORGE. s. f. Lieu où l on fond le fer, quand il est tiré de la mine, & où on le met en barre. Forge de fer. faire aller une forge. entretenir une forge. le fourneau d une forge. les soufflets d une forge. les forges sont d une grande despense.… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Forge — ist der Name folgender Personen: Andrew Forge (1923–2002), englischer Künstler Jean Forge, Pseudonym von Jan Fethke (1903–1980), deutsch polnischer Filmregisseur Forge bezeichnet folgende Orte: La Forge, Gemeinde im französischen Département… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Forge — Forge, v. i. [See {Forge}, v. t., and for sense 2, cf. {Forge} compel.] 1. To commit forgery. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) To move heavily and slowly, as a ship after the sails are furled; to work one s way, as one ship in outsailing another; used… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
forgé — forgé, ée (for jé, jée) part. passé de forger. 1° Travaillé à la forge. Fer forgé. 2° Fig. Un mot forgé, mot inventé, fabriqué. Écrit forgé, écrit supposé, qui porte une fausse attribution. • Il [Charles XII] les appela médiateurs… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
forge — ‘make’ [13] and forge ahead [17] are two quite distinct and unrelated words in English. The former’s now common connotation of ‘faking’ is in fact a purely English development (dating from the late 14th century) in a word whose relatives in other … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
forge — forge·a·bil·i·ty; forge·able; forge·man; forge; re·forge; … English syllables