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- midterm 66
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- map sth out 53
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- Radius 46
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- munch 236
- outgrowth 216
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- morale 348
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- liquid 539
- golden-rule 72
- auspicious 406
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- overweight 586
- nicknack 45
- magnification 71
pretext
Word family
Examples from the Corpus
pretext• Minor offences were sometimes used as a pretext for an arrest.• She couldn't find a pretext to visit Derek at home.• Every adverse employment decision is a pretext for litigation.• He can't recall the man's story but clearly it was a pretext for his accomplice to search the house.• His sore leg was a pretext. He just wanted a day off work.• The boy was simply a beggar: his bundle of newspapers was a pretext, and we called him the Newspaper Boy.• What bothers us more is the seeming predisposition of the federal courts to strike down term-limit laws on just about any pretext.• One pretext disposed of, McClellan found another.• He could of course simply walk out on some pretext - visiting a friend.• He used to spend hours at her house on the pretext of giving her Japanese lessons.• I lingered, on the pretext of finishing half a glass of champagne.• People were moving more slowly and nonchalantly, without the pretext of a destination or purpose.
on some pretext• He could of course simply walk out on some pretext - visiting a friend.• He would have Christmas Day off and he would surely call at the vicarage on some pretext or other.
(1500-1600) Latin praetextus, from praetexere “to weave in front, make an excuse”
pre·text noun
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