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Across
- adverb - to the opposite side; "the football field was 300 feet across"
- transversely; "the marble slabs were cut across"
Act As
- verb - function as or act like; "This heap of stones will act as a barrier"
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind; "He acted the idiot"; "She plays deaf when the news are bad"
Act On
- verb - carry further or advance; "Can you act on this matter soon?"
- regulate one''s behavior in accordance with certain information, ideas, or advice; "The Founding Fathers acted on certain moral principles"
- regulate one's behavior in accordance with certain information, ideas, or advice; "The Founding Fathers acted on certain moral principles"
Act Up
- verb - make itself felt as a recurring pain; "My arthritis is acting up again"
- misbehave badly; act in a silly or improper way; "The children acted up when they were not bored"
Acting
- verb - be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure
- be suitable for theatrical performance; "This scene acts well"
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
- behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting"
- discharge one's duties; "She acts as the chair"; "In what capacity are you acting?"
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected; "The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought"; "How does your idea work in practice?"; "This method doesn't work"; "The breaks of my new car act quickly"; "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water"
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the n
Actins
- noun - one of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split; can exist in either a globular or a fibrous form