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    monkey about

    US /ˈmʌŋki əˈbaʊt/

    ・

    UK /ˈmʌŋki əˈbaʊt/

    B2
    phr.v.To behave in a silly or uncontrolled way.
    Stop monkeying about and focus on your work now.

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    The Zipf Mystery

    21:05The Zipf Mystery
    • And sure enough, if you randomly generate characters or hire a proverbial typing monkey, about 1 out of every 27, or 3.7% of the stuff between spaces, will be single letters.

      And sure enough, if you randomly generate characters or hire a proverbial typing monkey, about 1 out of every 27, or 3.7% of the stuff between spaces, will be single letters.

    • characters or hire a proverbial typing monkey, about one out of every 27 or 3.7

      characters or hire a proverbial typing monkey, about one out of every 27 or 3.7

    B1