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loutish behaviour She complained to me about a couple of loutish students.

I'm feeling rather tired, so I think I'll sit out the next dance. I wasn't able to sit the lecture out so I left early.

One might have been a fluke, but two?

a shopping precinct a pedestrian precinct

unblemished. freckles, scars, and other minor skin blemishes. Is any politician's record without blemish on this issue?

She's lost her marbles.

You can tell winter's on its way - there's a real nip in the air in the mornings.

Biodiesel produces up to 50 percent fewer particulates. Studies have linked exposure to particulates in air pollution with increased risk for heart disease.

She tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ears. a strand of dental floss. There are so many different strands to the plot that it's hard to follow.

We'd better vamoose. I smell a rat. She definitely smelt a rat and that is why she didn't turn up at work today.

a group of cells, found especially on the tongue, that allow different tastes to be recognized

All I'm asking is a place to park my car for 30 minutes without being made to feel like a freeloader. Most likely the people in those apartments will be freeloading

You, who've kept them all alive, have been called an exploiter.

I'm having my car fixed in a car shop.

There were 400 people at the meeting and they all, to a man, voted for the motion. we have cater for all of the reenactment groups, to a man

Like him, they are commonly depicted as theriomorphic, having the heads of animals.

The city's canine population (= the number of dogs in the city) has grown dramatically over recent years.

His numerous progeny are scattered all over the country. Housewives chased their progeny out-of-doors.

a tweed jacket a tweed skirt and sensible shoes. He wore tweeds and smoked a pipe.

You don't believe the drivel you read on the internet, do you? You're talking drivel as usual! I've just been listening to Aunt Elsie drivelling on.

The traveler braved the blizzard as well as he could. We have to find a hideaway or we'll have to brave the storm

tuna/olives in brine

While still at school she was clearly a budding genius.

The children scampered off into the garden.

She pretended that she wanted to help but she only wanted to stir

Do you know that Francis Underwood references in his soliloquies to Shakespeare

an eclectic style/approach an eclectic taste in literature. I find your musical taste eclectic.

In those days people might sacrifice a goat or sheep to propitiate an angry god. The radicals in the party were clearly sacked to propitiate the conservative core.

The prison service should try to rehabilitate prisoners so that they can lead normal lives when they leave prison. We need to replace or rehabilitate the bridge. After 20 years in official disgrace, she's been rehabilitated

He offered her a trip to Australia but she turned it/him down. He turned down the job because it involved too much travelling.

We just needed three takes to film this scene.

a dollop of ice cream/whipped cream

A family business where the knowledge and service is second to none.

Even now I will not name the malefactors with the trunk.

Apart from individuals, entire groups of Muslims have also been called antinomian

A man with dishevelled hair entered the room.

Be careful, this horse is vicious. This crime was vicious. The victim was tortured.

Now, as I joined them they took no note of me at all, and the chitter-chatter was deafening.

She looked at him, but saw an image from the tarot

She'll get her comeuppance.

She vaulted five metres. He vaulted over the fence.

Six months after they got married he found himself domiciled in this country. You can only have one country of domicile at a time.

We spent the afternoon meandering around the streets of the old town.

I've never set much store by money and possessions.