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