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buff in English:

1. fan


Such an old fan would be next to useless.
Does any other country fan the flames of patriotism as much as America?
fan a fire
Incidentally, this room doesn't have anything like an air-conditioner. All it has is a fan.
It has happened that people sleeping with the fan on have experienced a freezing of the stomach, as well as a local air pressure stress leading them to feel unwell.
Imogen of the Internet calls people out for openly liking the same fan fiction that she does secretly.
An admiring fan once asked Christopher Columbus how he managed to procure funding for all of his amazing journeys. Columbus then took the fan to an abandoned alley, took out a pistol, and said "That's how".
That's right, that strange sound was the final death scream of the cooling fan.
When your girlfriend finds out about this the shit's going to hit the fan.
I always take my fan with me to sumo tournaments as it gets so hot in the auditorium.
The wind fanned the flames. That argument only fanned our emotions.
It’s difficult for fans to afford the ticket prices these days.
More than 15,000 Liverpool fans attended Saturday's game.
He is an enthusiastic fan of Westchester United and attends all their games.
Japanese fans are very stylish.

English word "buff"(fan) occurs in sets:

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2. a person who knows a lot about and is very interested in particular subject



English word "buff"(a person who knows a lot about and is very interested in particular subject) occurs in sets:

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3. later


Maybe later.
Sometimes, if I look at a forest of trees, I get in a trance and don't even realize until minutes later.
Roger Miller learned to play the guitar and the violin. Much later, he learned to play the drums.
Years later, Europeans established colonies in the coastal areas.
I am staying with my uncle for the time being, but later I will move to a small apartment.
At first the job looked good to Tom, but later it became tiresome.
I met Tom before I graduated from high school, but didn't meet Mary until many years later.
An experiment, I would learn much later, when studying the philosophy of science, had to arise from a real dissatisfaction with existing knowledge.
Later, Chris felt ashamed and apologized and Beth forgave him.
Later, the nurse told me she had done her best to make me well.
Later, in high school, I would take chemistry the way I took vitamin pills.
It was a terrible confusion; Sue slipped later in the water. They're all mad at you.
Later, it happened that there was some gossip at home, and my mother suspected that she had written something improper; after that she would not have her letters written for her.
In later years, I confess that I do not envy the white boy as I once did.
All were imprisoned by the Allies after the war and later sentenced to death or given long prison terms for war crimes.

English word "buff"(later) occurs in sets:

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