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Their friends are starting to have children now and talk about them incessantly.

1. Eight children were crammed into the back of the car. 2. She's cramming for her history exam

For there are number of platitudes about utilitarianism and about how it relates to competitors like prioritarianism.

extremely annoying:

It is time for us to reignite the debate about the ban on using hazardous substances

1. A couple of boys were slouched over the table reading magazines. 2. A group of teenagers were slouching around outside the building.

The works were used intermittently by various others until The test has been intermittently reported in various places since then.

As far as she was concerned, only the weekends made life bearable.

Tougher prison sentences may act/serve as a deterrent to other would-be offenders.

It's very difficult to change attitudes that have become so deeply entrenched over the years.

1. He'd been painting the door and there were specks of paint all over the floor. 2. There's not a speck of (= not any) dust/dirt in their house. 3. We could see a speck (= a small amount) of light at the end of the tunnel.

The report singled him out for special achievements.

1. A series of studies demonstrated the pervasiveness of mass violence. 2. Lawyers said that the pervasiveness of the Internet made it difficult to insulate jurors from reports on a case.

1. He looks robust and healthy enough. 2. a robust pair of walking boots 3. a robust economy

a menacing look/gesture

1. Someone was lurking in the shadows. 2. Why are you lurking around in the hallway?

The young men had nothing better to do than brawl in the streets.

1. He was ambling along the beach. 2. She ambled down the street, stopping occasionally to look in the shop windows.

1. After the bars close, gangs of youths roam the city streets. 2. She roamed around America for a year, working in bars and restaurants.

She's been making up for her past misdeeds by doing a lot of voluntary work.

At the forthcoming elections, the government will be seeking a fresh mandate from the people.

Emboldened by her earlier success, Lynn’s recent work has been even more imaginative.

She descended to the kitchen and ate breakfast. The discussion descended into chaos.

collate information/data/material collate statistics/figures/results

There is always a congestion on this road during rush hour

Tourists are more vulnerable to attack, because they do not know which areas of the city to avoid.

1. An excess of enthusiasm is not always a good thing. 2. They both eat to excess (= too much). 3. There will be an increase in tax for those earning in excess of (= more than) twice the national average wage

It was a time of unrest and upheaval in the region

The two men stood for a few minutes watching the bustle

decorations dangled from the ceiling

Once I rack up 5000 points I get to the next level

The prosecution's case hinged on the evidence of a witness who died before the trial.

The play was revived a number of times over the years.

Constant stress takes a heavy toll on elementary school teachers.

1. I spared an hour for this meeting and it was a waste of time. 2. spare me details I don't want to know that.

A series of mishaps led to the nuclear power plant blowing up.

A knack is a particular skill or ability

My brother is always teasing me

to criticize someone or something in an unpleasant way

to appear or to be perceived as.

1. Apartments that are both comfortable and reasonably priced are few and far between. In this area, good jobs are few and far between.

Is your decision deliberate? You can still change your mind

1. Blackout was a signal of just how precarious our reliance on electricity is 2. Many borrowers now find themselves caught in a precarious financial position.

if the outage lasted for a week or more

given that there may be ways how to...

That sounds plausible, doesn't it?

The army is in a state of preparedness for war. A few times a year, the department has demonstrations and preparedness training.

power outages have provided us with small glimpse of what could happen

In her stories she expresses the whole gamut of emotions, from happiness to sorrow.

1. One possible action, he said, would be to seek a rollback of last year's rate increase. 2. They do not want to see any rollback of this agreement 4. There has never been a rollback to a previous version.

1. if plummeting trade flows are unlikely to undo 2. House prices have plummeted in recent months.

Whatever view one takes of this matter, the facts are indisputable.

Prices of petrol will plunge next month

This essay has a tilt towards Western philosophies