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The book describes the complex emotional and sexual entanglements between the members of the group.

I can't stop thinking about you ever since.

We will commence building work in August of next year. Unfortunately, he commenced speaking before all the guests had finished eating. Would passengers please turn off their mobile phones before the commencement of the flight.

I'm secure that I will win this race.

She can't accept even mild criticism of her work. Your daughter is so serene!

He made a solicitous inquiry after her health. attentive, considerate, kind, thoughtful

We have a long way to go before we unravel the secrets of genetics.

They can't publish your name without your consent. Her latest novel, by common consent, is her best yet. Very reluctantly, I've consented to lend her my car.

She brandished a saucepan at me so I ran out of the kitchen.

The narrow street reverberated with/to the sound of the workmen's drills.

The recovery of the stolen paintings was an important achievement for the museum

She had been strangled with her own scarf and her body dumped in the woods. There is a great deal of fear that the new restrictions might strangle the country's economy.

Though she had spent hours fixing the computer, he belittled her efforts.

We are out of time to keep dwelling on this irrelevant subjects.

an errant husband

This compartment swarms with spiders!

The family said they had endured years of torment and abuse at the hands of their neighbours.