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Beat it = go away
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Crash sb’s dreams
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Wisp of cloud/smoke/steam/grass/hair
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It resulted in a sulk on my part
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A man rushed past and jogged her elbow, making her drop the bag
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Brush a strand of blonde hair from her face
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I resisted the impulse
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I tried to hear what they were saying, but I only managed to catch a few snatches of conversation
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They tried to describe their attempts to fill the void left by their son’s death
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Longing cannot indefinitely direct itself at those we know, for their qualities are charted and therefore lack the mystery longing demands
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A desire that seems as undefinable as it is unquenchable
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My words were time-bound promises
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I looked under the bonnet and clouds of smoke poured out
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The woman I knew abruptly appeared foreign to me
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A leather-clad mechanic
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We were ready to continue, but my desire signaled otherwise
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I was not alone in my erratic moods
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I might get furious with Chloe not for the surface reason
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Reason is a bedrock of continuity
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The trajectory of an arrow in flight
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We are facing an intractable problem
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Fall head over heels in love with sb
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It reined us whenever there was an urge to develop romantic subplots or digress from our love story
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A furious row erupted
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His appendix ruptured and he had to be rushed to hospital
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Moderate our mood swings
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Defend ourselves against love's demise
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A large fitted kitchen with the sleekest appliances in the basement
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The waiting room was full of people leafing through magazines
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I recalled Alice waxing lyrical about the flatness of her stomach
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It seems so cut off from everything, like a paradise no one's bothered to ruin
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Tend the goats
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She suddenly winced with pain
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It is very easy to empathize with the characters in her books
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She had fallen ill early in her Spanish sojourn
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Mountain sickness
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Earthly happiness might be within their grasp
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I could not wait till the event had slipped into history
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The anxieties routinely exploded into argument
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The arguing, sulking and reconciliation were over
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By all means, hail a cab/taxi
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We will arrange time-off for you next week
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We will reimburse you later
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He had no qualms about divorcing her
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A third/fifth wheel
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I'll be ready at six, give or take a few minutes
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It costs $200, give or take
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A big strapping lad like you shouldn't have much difficulty lifting that
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Which teacher did he grow close to
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I saw them snogging on the back seat of a bus
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You can't be serious
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Don't touch that, except by the wrappings
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I'm not usually late
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hourglass figure
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Have it your way
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I sleepwalk
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Point is, I'm a free agent
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Would you get me another drink while I go and powder my nose
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The cold wind had chapped my lips
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Legend has it
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A free sachet of shampoo
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"Open up and take a bite of the biscuit." "Not for me"
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Without it, we would leave the fate of our world to chance
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He put you up to this, didn't he
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Fancy a drink
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The patient is well tended
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The new policy of shorter working hours will serve to take the sting out of the pay cut
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He boggled at the suggestion
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He put his knee out playing football
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The gripping season finale
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Some of the greatest geniuses in history had feet of clay
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I am fancy paying him a visit
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A back-alley transaction
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I don't know what happened to me, even then
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Don't think badly of me
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The family had no means of support (=way of getting money)
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"May I borrow this book?""By all means"(of course; certainly(granting a permission))
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A man of means (=rich man)
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Higher education was seen primarily as a means to an end
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I'm not poor by any means (with negative)
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A flat that was within her means
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The government is living beyond its means
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No. Don't make me
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Stop dawdling! You'll be late for school
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I didn't have the stomach for another fight
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You mean a great deal to him
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Time and again, it proves to be
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I felt the place bank steeply as it changed direction
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The video shows a man morphing into a tiger
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It takes millions years of evolution, by trial and error, for the colugo to learn to glide
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The doctor's out on his rounds
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I've made/done the rounds of all the agents, but nobody has any tickets left
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Sooner or later someone would take pity on the poor wallflower and ask her to dance
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You have my back, and I get yours now
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It's been a lot of hype around/surrounding his latest film
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It's being hyped as the musical event of the year
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His prison sentence was remitted to two years
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He remitted half of his monthly wage to his family in the Philippines
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I stayed tethered to my paranoia, brittle as glass
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I stumbled over my mouthfuls
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Window ledge
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Politician's caramel promise
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The hamster nibbled a hole in the sofa
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Caress her shoulders
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Her mouth puckered and I thought she was going to cry
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Hate is the hidden script in the letter of love
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In the vain hope that
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Sensing Chloe drawing away, I attempted to pull her back through blind repetition of elements that had in the past cemented us
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You know how everyone feigns surprise when you tell them how old you are
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She responded to his remarks with feigned amusement
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She began reading me against the grains, and found errors
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Things had reduced themselves to a tragicomic scenario
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He is only a little short of a pathology
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A form of treacly liquid left at the bottom of the glass that needed time to drain off
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He accused the minister of prevaricating
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Like seduction, withdrawal suffers under a blanket of reticence
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In her stories she expressed the whole gamut of emotions, from happiness to sorrow
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Fire on the crowd indiscriminately
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The airport terminal is sombre and empty
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Success in inducing jealousy is dependent on a significant factor: the inclination of the targeted audience to give a damn
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A huge sum was stipulated as ransom
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The secretary was rather brusque with me
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The maroon carpet
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With novelistic timing
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A disproportion between insult inflicted and sulk elicited
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The burgeoning of guilt
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He was no brute
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Chat on neutral territory
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The happiness was illusory
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Love's death cannot be arrested
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Tense and unable to concentrate, I shifted uncomfortably in my seat
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It fills me with the vague nausea that meals may elicit in aircraft
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She pulled out the plugs from her ears
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Some displayed their wares on stalls, while others had just spread them out on the pavement
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Tears were streaming down her face, her nose was running, her whole body shaken by spasms, her breathing halting, gasping
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A deluge of sadness on both parties
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We grow foreign
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The wheels hit the tarmac at Heathrow
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The plane disgorged its cargo into the immigration hall
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Two days passed, numb
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When you've been in love, it is not the length of time that matters, it's everything you've felt and done coming out intensified
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He respects you immensely
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I hope we can stay friends
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The cadences and accent of her speech
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I could feel his strength ebbing (away)
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Love has ebbed
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I felt stung by her disloyalty
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Between altruism and egoism
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She spurned my offers of help
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Salty midnight tears and the heart-wrenching separation
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Amoral vs immoral vs moral
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Human, he argues, are amoral and what guides them is not any sense of morality but an instinct for survival
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Horses snort
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The company offered Jeremy a paltry sum which he refused
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I scoured the past to look for origins, omens, offences, anything that might count as an explanation for the would I had sustained
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I took time off work
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I felt the transience of everything
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A smug grin
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She has spent her life trying to help gypsies, beggars and other social outcasts
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Her departure had rocked my confidence about everything
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A childish, petulant demon took charge of me
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Exiled from the shaded grove of love, I would be compelled to wander the earth till the day of my death
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I lay curled on the bed, the blinds drawn, irritated by the slightest noise or light, unduly upset if the milk was stale
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Everything slipped out of my grasp
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That's great. Give her my regards
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Everyone knew who was going to get the job from the start - the interviews were just a charade
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My separation from Chloe had been accompanied by a thousand platitudinous sympathies from friends and acquaintances
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Her confidence took a hard knock when her application was rejected
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Roll the tape
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If you know what makes sb tick, you understand why they behave the way they do
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He is a snappy dresser
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Every nook and cranny of the house was stuffed with souvenirs of their trips abroad
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The protestors brought the capital of Thailand to its knees/ to a grinding halt
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She launched a vituperative attack on her ex-boss and former lover
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Effervescent vitamin C tablets
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Soiled clothes
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A notorious inability to express emotions makes human beings the only animals capable of suicide
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I like the froth on the top of the coffee
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Chloe weeping at the grave, Will averting his eyes, both of them scattering earth on my walnut coffin
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Listen to the stray sounds coming up from the street
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Car doors were screaming shut
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Lorries were grinding into first gear
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A pneumatic drill was pounding the pavement
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Grew drunk on the liquor of grief
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It was rather tactless of you to invite his ex-girlfriend
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Weepy eyes and sallow face
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Ditched by the woman I love, I exalted my suffering into a sign of greatness
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A wretched childhood
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A fantasy of the idyllic days of elation and laughter
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There was an agonizing parallel between the past and present
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The world spins on regardless of whether I was in love or out of it
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Forgetting, however calming, was also a reminder of infidelity to what I had at one time held so dear
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My identity had for so long been forged around 'us'
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Her way of running her hand through her hair
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Flies drive themselves insane butting their heads against windowpanes
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The rash love of a Romeo and Juliet
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The brotherly love suggested by Jesus
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A story of chaotic lurching between idealization and disappointment
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An assortment of vegetables
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Agoraphobia vs claustrophobia
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The relic of a more infantile fantasy
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To fulfill her romantic longings
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Have adulterous affairs with unsuitable men
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She killed herself with arsenic
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She blew her nose into an embroidered handkerchief
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Throw myself into austere study
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As a monk, he took vows of chastity, poverty and obedience
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Her hair is tied elegantly in a bun
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Eat roots and shoots
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There was a slight tremor in her voice
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A tremor of excitement went through the audience as he came on stage
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There are hurdles to clear
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I hope you get over that cold soon
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I would not at all be surprised
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Their promise to lower taxes is clearly an election-year gambit
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I decided to set up my own business because I was tired of just being a cog in a machine
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Our guide gave us some interesting titbits about the history of the castle
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The magazine is full of juicy titbits
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Suffice (it) to say that they were not considered suitable for this project
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The shirts come in five different colours - just take your pick
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The emergence of so-called "silver hair market" and a bulging middle class creates more opportunities in financial services, such as growing demand for annuity, health medical insurance
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It is no secret that we are all getting older
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Orthodox medicines tend to be palliative rather than curative
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Home for Hospice
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A variety of palliative care services ranging from in-patient to ambulatory services as well as bereavement services
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Grief counseling for patients
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Terminally ill patients
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End-of-life care
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Her latest play is a firmly tongue-in-cheek look at the world of advertising
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The frailty of our bodies
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A then distinguished, now forgotten man
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A man of wide acquaintance and cautious judgement
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It took me ages to latch on to what she was talking about
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An avid museum visitor
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A well-chilled beer
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A glacial courtyard
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Catch a chill
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He was confined to bed with a severe chill
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It's going to take more wind to make this boat keel over (=turn over on its side/capsize)
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An arms depot
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The man's face was severely lacerated in the incident
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He sustained severe head injuries
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She is still fearful of taxi rides
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The subject accident had struck the Plaintiff at a time when she was planning new ventures in her career
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The orthopedics aftermaths and limitation in her physical and social mobility imposed a sudden curtailment in her plans
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Copy of the medical report is annexed in the Schedule hereto and served
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The court then issues the summons and serves it on your debtor
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How cogent the proposed expert evidence will be
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Call a spade a spade
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They begin to build up an unassailable lead
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He mentioned ... by name
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Can fall along those lines as well
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Move a motion
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Members of the public are welcome to observe the proceedings of the meeting from the public galleries of the Chamber of LegCo Complex
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Some members of the public are aggrieved by Government action and policies
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Non-accountable cash allowance
非實報實銷現金津貼
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Cash supplement
補助金
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Throughout their tenure of office
在整個任期
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Key deliberations are summarized in the ensuing paragraphs
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Obscene Articles Tribunal
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A review should be conducted as a matter of priority
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The unique work nature renders direct comparison inappropriate
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Some of the appointees were elevated from within the Judiciary, and some joined from the outside
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The subject
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A statutory Commission of Inquiry
法定調查委員會
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The onus of proving
舉證責任
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Legal tender
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Shall, on surrendering the note, be
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Repeal
廢除
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Conferred or imposed
授予或委予
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Exercise or performance
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Comply with any directions
遵從任何指示
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Give such directions as he thinks fit, either generally or in any particular case
因應一般情況或任何個別情況, 發出其認為適當的指示
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In the absence of any express agreement to the contrary
無任何相反的明訂協議
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Either party to a contract of employment
僱傭合約的任何一方
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Absence from work
缺勤
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Temporary incapacity
暫時失去工作能力
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They are by law regarded as valid and legal means of payment to adequately and effectively fulfill payment obligations
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Starring in a X-rated film
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Settle the score
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I am wanted elsewhere
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Be back on their feet
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I poured my heart out to you
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There are areas that we see eye to eye
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The government' main task was to prevent inflation from entrenching itself
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Entrenched problems in Hong Kong
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Severance pay
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Long shot
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Tall order
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It is a bit of profit-taking, after reaching all those highs. It is just a temporary pulling back
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She was your typical brassy blonde
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Catastrophe will strike
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Lawyers plot and scheme
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My number is up
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He was so smitten by her that he promised to move to Argentina to be near her
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She is very strong-willed, and if she has decided to leave school, nothing will stop her
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He hoodwinked us into agreeing
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Dick was socially inept and uncomfortable in the presence of women
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He stood around bantering with his colleagues
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I grew weary of his bantering style of conversation
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Oscar Wilde's plays are full of witty repartee
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As it was a cold morning, I stoked up on bacon, eggs, and beans on toast
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He always gets keyed up about exams
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The chair is a bit rickety
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An innocent dupe
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Always the tone of surprise
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People were sent out to snoop on rival businesses
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I swear on my life
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The kitchen roof is apt to (=likely to) leak when it rains
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These questions are extraneous to the issue being discussed
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Don't let me spoil the fun
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China's accession to the WTO
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He graciously acceded to our request
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The world would be kept in the bondage of fear
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She struggled with all her might to get free
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In the time of trial
充滿試煉的時刻
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Life in all its fullness
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She loved the pageantry and tradition of the Royal Family
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The lopped heads of martyrs
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A cathartic experience
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The party's principles are basically egalitarian
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Make sure students realize that 'fat' is an unflattering or pejorative word
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Susie always gravitates towards the older children in her playgroup
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The accountant had aided and abetted him in the fraud
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A gun-runner
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The woods have an aura of mystery
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The vehicle was impounded by customs
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My career choice isn't going to come with research sabbaticals
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Not a chance in hell
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The family wanted him to be looked after at home, but the insurance company refused to play ball
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They caved in when they heard another firm was being approached
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I was mugged in broad daylight
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Do make an appointment at your convenience
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What time do you get off from work?
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Poverty alleviation
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You look dashing today
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He is very fastidious about how a suitcase should be packed
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Optimism is in the air
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Heavy buying ran the price of stocks up higher than expected
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The working poor
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Neither of them came about
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Hong Kong doesn't have a hinterland that they could move off to
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She sat all alone in the party bearing that sulky face
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Profane language
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The bee's knees/the flea's eyebrows/the canary's tusks/the cat's whiskers
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He is one of the front-runner in the contest
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Acceptance speech
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After the financial disaster, she was consigned to a life of poverty
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We've had to dispense with a lot of luxuries since Mike lost his job
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In a world which is increasingly polarized economically, many will find their job prospects dimmed and wages squeezed
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351
Jacking up the wage floor too far would accelerate the shift from human workers to computers
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The question is whether Google can knit the diverse businesses it is developing and acquiring into an even more profitable engineering colossus--or whether it is in danger of squandering billions
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I couldn't persuade him to fork out for a new one
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Feed its hunger for data
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We have leapfrog from third to first place
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It also brings Google some stellar talent
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357
He has a knack for breathing new life into stale products
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Google has had to overcome sclerosis before
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After returning as boss, he axed various projects and streamlined the management
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He enjoyed the trappings of power, such as a chauffeur-driven car and bodyguards
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He wore a helmet with the visor down to conceal his face
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A singularly unattractive individual
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Artisan weavers
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The freedom to raise taxes to punitive levels
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Moderate easterly winds, fresh at times
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Patronize a prostitute
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He has become a cuckold
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They would be roasted alive for normal human frailty
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It befits a man of stature
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The president said briskly that the matter was private
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Journalists moved swiftly on to more pertinent questions
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Party pooper
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Party piece
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A mug shot
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The site was rezoned for housing
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Hop on the coach
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Are you a two-timing creep as well
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378
I'm a pushover for babies
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379
To walk her down the aisle
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380
It was an act of bravado that made him ask his boss to resign
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381
I will treat you night out
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382
Mr Simmons tried to impress on me how much easier my life would be if I were better organized
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383
A good measure of regret
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Three bombs wrecked deadly havoc
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385
The bombs went off
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386
A high-profile envoy
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A hard-line politician
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The Year of the Horse
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389
A nine-year trophy drought
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390
The score now stands at forty-love
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391
Don't forget to leave the front door on the latch if you go to bed before I get back
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392
I took/grabbed him by the scruff of his neck and threw him out of the hall
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393
She plucked up the courage and ask
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394
They exchanged glances
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395
They tried to stave off any further questions
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396
Her father leapt up and thumped the table
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397
She was wearing an old washed-out T-shirt and jeans
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398
You're a ignorant lot
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399
She pinned one of her drawings to a tree trunk
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400
People began to awaken from their lethargy
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401
He's got a few plants in pots on the windowsill
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402
A transformation is now undeniably underway
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403
Black is the quintessential bearer of bad luck
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404
I'd rather still be lounging under covers
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405
What bliss!
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406
The bus is running late as usual
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407
Let's flip it around to the other side
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408
They are very bullish about growth
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409
The army sent out units to forage across the countryside in search of vital supplies
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410
Boundary walls have had to be shored up
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411
It has been a while
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412
Go easy on the new students
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413
Order up. Hope you'd like it
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414
That girl has just done a perfect split
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415
He ran well but was no match for the young Italian
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416
In all seriousness now - joking aside - I do think there is a problem here that we've got to get sorted
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417
Just before the Year of the Snake ends, the market is roiled by a dramatic sell-off across the globe
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418
Geopolitical black swan events, such as the Arab Spring and the Japanese earthquake, have further complicated the market dynamics
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419
The rarity of such a significant volatility spike carries dark forebodings
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420
2014 is the year when many trusts come due
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421
Political pundits were tipping him for promotion
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422
Based on our anecdotal evidence on the companies we track, there are quite mixed results in different areas
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423
1.3 billion people may suggest boundless opportunities for consumer credit companies but the experience of this fledging industry has been anything but promising
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424
They believe that all the outstanding issue should fall within the ambit of the talks
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425
Provide non-collateralized credit to individuals
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426
Subject to the loan cap and location restriction, the business is destined to be small and lacklustre
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427
Locksmith
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428
I've tried moving the desk but it won't budge/I can't budge it
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429
I told her she'd made a mistake and she got huffy with me
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430
A recent survey showed that in most families, women hold the purse strings
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431
I saw him cast a furtive glance at the woman at the table to his right
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432
Many would-be helpers are put off by mistreatment and abuse
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433
I enclose a cheque payable to
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434
Please debit my credit card for 200 dollar
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435
I prefer to receive communications by email
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436
Like-minded organization
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437
Converse with the prospect
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438
Break long copy with subheads
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439
Make it read easy and sound easy
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440
Finish the copy with a quip or clever comment, or a pat on the back
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441
Save our Vietnam bear sanctuary from eviction
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442
Please send cheque with this remittance advice
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443
A hand-drawn picture of a smirking fairy conjuring up a tottering pile of papers over a table
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444
Innocuous-looking pieces of software can be turned into instruments of espionage
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445
Roads speak a language of infinite subtlety. And few cars understand the dialects of the curves, hills and asphalt better than the Saab
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446
Baldness is a fact of life for a lot of men
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447
Definite Generic: the+Singular Noun_The tiger is in danger of becoming extinct_being in danger is characteristic of tigers
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448
Plural Generic: 0+Plural Noun_Tigers are in danger of becoming extinct_being in danger is normal for tigers
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449
Indefinite Generic: a+Singular Noun_*A tiger is in danger of becoming extinct_being in danger is required for tigers
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