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182
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reckon on sth
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motherland
379
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372
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67
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settle
424
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105
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39
canal-boat
18
buddied
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488
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61
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81
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192
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170
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12
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392
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172
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286
biomedicine
78
loom
145
clover
76
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33
black-belt
104
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77
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46
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218
publicize
190
crone
81
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75
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550
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561
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214
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76
imagination
446
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110
dictatorship
207
turning
363
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119
collegiality
53
attributable
130
scrubber
209
criminology
72
forgive
397
singer
339
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15
invade
359
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123
dig something ↔ up
47
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74
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158
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60
blower
132
dishier
28
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9
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333
racketeer
52
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78
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33
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113
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163
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396
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67
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69
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137
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565
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105
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36
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104
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396
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8
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86
vaccinate
317
turkey
693
brushwood
81
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32
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114
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374
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135
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50
chanceries
29
harden your heart
20
schoolyard
164
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149
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171
precise
362
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409
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308
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78
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477
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174
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146
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203
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44
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292
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380
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79
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152
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102
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144
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15
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87
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260
worship
412
caffeine
94
blood money
70
apartment building
25
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34
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47
fall apart
123
bowling green
70
engulf
131
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91
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341
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153
combinative
38
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20
overlook
441
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33
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132
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425
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63
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81
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358
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404
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126
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78
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54
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26
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45
handlebars
173
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108
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126
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29
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285
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126
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50
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252
advertisement
434
critic
377
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35
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40
broody
76
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89
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25
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67
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26
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165
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157
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337
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134
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39
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158
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431
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363
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66
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23
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162
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48
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328
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599
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341
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110
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279
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48
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69
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255
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24
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204
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197
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136
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174
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31
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77
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442
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115
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606
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162
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16
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146
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50
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39
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73
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441
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321
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34
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180
sidetrack
52
travelling
355
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85
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57
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11
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60
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218
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66
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40
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66
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116
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172
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39
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397
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70
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149
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57
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77
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36
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46
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58
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70
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98
multifaceted
109
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449
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88
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159
sweep somebody off their feet
60
sow
379
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80
guadeloupe
62
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257
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410
couch
116
affiliation
174
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514
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33
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165
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125
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59
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157
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102
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491
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40
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25
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385
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376
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9
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65
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92
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82
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122
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58
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106
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74
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250
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56
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47
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130
rose
551
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105
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47
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161
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85
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19
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204
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441
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68
Coverage
252
Splendid
175
it would be idle to do something
49
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29
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150
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297
call off
39
composition
423
resolve
420
diary
404
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104
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170
overcrowded
131
examine
443
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242
pathologic
51
anaemic
46
source
403
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44
promiscuity
156
significance
391
boggy
74
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76
Twist
38
bonus
201
burglar
248
restrain
435
cramp-iron
64
Experienced
153
crumb
192
Subsidy
194
prolong
151
arrowhead
57
Tunes
71
exculpate
94
tenderloin
146
Biodegradable
136
coffee-house
33
drawers
37
taboo
150
broadcasting
221
Span
196
embarrassment
69
nuclear
308
Polyp
103
stud
75
danish
43
energize
165
transmit
530
persuasivenesses
10
Financier
116
so far
43
newly
287
Proud
170
numerate
159
hustle
139
blurt out
25
channel hopping
67
variety
381
code
441
broach
52
epitaph
77
self-discipline
1130
Innumerable
96
down under
47
metrical
108
slipper
331
Middle
83
PAN
96
Arthur
67
Cuisine
101
landlord
659
sum
443
frighten somebody ↔ away
42
injured
10
deserve
471
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213
Trance
115
zoom
119
Viva
14
cloven
66
refrain
154
admonition
64
daffy
76
merchant navy
69
reboot
149
headwind
83
colony
428
cool down
63
codify
128
excite
305
bothered
120
naughty
447
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73
ephemera
94
stop by (something)
83
celebrant
92
classic
378
clutter
222
anarchism
71
confess
404
anxiety
349
Labor
151
cake
364
be used to
33
Map
43
chick
60
caked
35
bad
118
wringer
18
grange
65
lowest
42
flats
43
globe
452
ball-bearing
57
dracula
50
readily
340
indicate
422
blotto
28
love is blind
25
landing place
189
gusto
50
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outbuilding
238
mutual
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65
cline
61
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70
promise
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Music
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catnapped
68
subtropical
91
direct
458
rules
132
graphic-designer
51
creator
51
toke
81
writ
204
civilized
68
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43
no longer
50
BNC: 16474
COCA: 16275
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
buttress
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Construction
but
·
tress
1
/
ˈbʌtrəs
/
noun
[
countable
C
]
TBC
a
brick
or
stone
structure
built to support a wall
扶壁,撑墙,扶垛
Examples from the Corpus
buttress
•
For
centuries
it has been a
buttress
against the
onslaught
of Chaos from the
wastes
to the
north
.
•
On a
sunny
evening you can stay to
catch
the last of the sun's
rays
highlighting
Scafell's
famous
buttresses
.
•
Moreover, in the building of the great
Gothic
cathedrals
many new
devices
were
introduced
, including
flying
buttresses
.
•
Between the
chapels
radiate
the
forests
of flying
buttresses
.
•
Two
square
halls would give the effect. externally. of
solid
massive
buttresses
, while internally they would
serve
as
picture
galleries
.
•
There was a
narrow
stone
path
, Alexei now saw, around the
base
of the
promontory
beyond
the
buttress
.
•
Above
lies
40 feet of
delicate
ar
ête,
poised
on the
crest
of the
buttress
.
•
The
buttresses
of all
grades
are black and the
gullies
are trickling away into the
valley
streams
.
buttress
2
verb
[
transitive
T
]
formal
SUPPORT A PERSON, GROUP, OR PLAN
to support a system, idea,
argument
etc, especially by providing money
〔尤指通过出钱〕支持〔某一体制、主张、论点等〕
The evidence seemed to buttress their argument.
证据似乎支持他们的论点。
Examples from the Corpus
buttress
•
Others had been
Jacked
and
buttressed
.
•
To last for very long any social system needs to be
buttressed
by a
powerful
integrating
ideology
.
•
The
resistance
is
buttressed
by
dim
understanding
of how a
decentralized
approach
can
improve
matters.
•
Kotkin gave
statistics
to
buttress
his argument.
•
The example of Phil Gramm, who had a large war
chest
but could not move
voters
,
buttressed
his argument.
•
And the government's
recent
promise
to give the
central
bank
independence
should
buttress
its
authority
in the markets.
•
It
reformed
the
judicial
system,
buttressing
its independence, and introduced
parliamentary
scrutiny
of important public
sector
contracts
and
appointments
.
•
These effectively
buttressed
the sector against the kind of cutthroat
competition
raging
amongst
operators
.
Origin
buttress
1
(
1300-1400
)
Old French
boterez
, from
boter
;
→
BUTT
2
but
·
tress
1
noun
buttress
2
verb
Chinese
Syllable
Corpus
BNC: 16474
COCA: 16275
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
BNC: 16474
COCA: 16275
Oxford Learner's Thesaurus
buttress
noun
⇨
post
BNC: 16474
COCA: 16275
Macmillan English Thesaurus
buttress
Frames and supports for structures:
frame, foundation, support...
To support an idea, plan or person:
support, back,
get behind
...
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