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  • There is little MOTIVATION for people to leave their cars at home when public transportation remains so expensive.
    incentive
  • You have the intention permanently to TAKE AWAY FROM me of the petrol.
    deprive
  • The army has been brought in to KEEP order in the region.
    maintain
  • The future looks pretty GLOOMY right now.
    dismal
  • You always have to CONTINUE FIGHTING.
    play to the whistle
  • He thinks the police SPOILED the investigation.
    botched
  • He made a REQUEST for help/mercy.
    plea
  • More money is needed to SUPPORT the industry.
    bolster
  • She MOVED SLOWLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE along in her high-heeled shoes.
    teetered
  • In the last six months, there has been an INCREASE in unemployment.
    a spike
  • Don't LOOK at people like that, it's rude.
    stare
  • It is not true that eating garlic STOPS mosquitoes.
    repels
  • These measures are designed to PREVENT an enemy attack.
    deter
  • House prices have FALLEN QUICKLY in recent months.
    plummeted
  • In spite of our best ATTEMPTS, it has proven impossible to contact her.
    endeavours
  • There was an THREATENING silence when I asked whether my contract was going to be renewed.
    ominous
  • He crashed into a table and HURT his shin.
    bruised
  • Langham's story sounded REALISTIC at the time.
    plausible
  • The two countries believe that a crisis is COMING INTO VIEW.
    looming
  • Having to type up my handwritten work was a real DIFFICULT WORK.
    grind
  • The strategy was more like a RANDOM approach to acquiring new customers.
    scattershot
  • Pompeii is famed for its burial by an EXPLOSIONS of Italy's Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.
    eruption
  • The river was brown and DARK after the storm.
    murky
  • She BRAVELY denied the rumours.
    stoutly