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  • Huge TERRITORIES of rainforest are being cleared for farming and mining.
    swathes
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  • The dog was FORMING a hole to hide its bone in.
    digging
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  • It was the first time we had set foot on foreign/French/American GROUND.
    soil
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  • I had to COME to violence/threats to get my money.
    resort to
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  • It's completely HOPELESS trying to reason with him - he just won't listen.
    futile
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  • She has lost her battle to KEEP control of the company.
    retain
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  • He leaned forward to kiss her but she MOVED BACK
    pulled back
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  • We worked for hours without A BREAK.
    respite
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  • They were wearing football COLLECTION.
    kit
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  • From what she said, the HINT was that they were splitting up.
    implication
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  • His car had been HIT to pieces.
    blownt to
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  • It was difficult to describe the emptiness, the DESTRUCTION of the area.
    desolation
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  • There was CONTENMENT in the crowd as the winning goal was scored.
    jubiliation
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  • We view future developments with some FEAR.
    trepidation
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  • Brownell’s comments REPEATED the opinion of the majority of the commission members.
    echoed
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  • A helicopter LIFTED the final section of the bridge into place.
    hoisted
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