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Cuts in duty will cost the Exchequer £1.75 billion.; The industry claims it contributes to the Irish exchequer because it generates employment and wealth.

She was known as a great beauty and leading socialite.

She was wearing a most alluring dress at dinner party.; I think he's an alluring character - he's very interesting; The jewellery in the arms was alluring; He portrayed its culture as morally corrupting and suffused with dangerously alluring eroticism.

the allure of working in television; sexual allure; The allure of the stage drew him back to acting.

She mentioned some trouble that she'd had at home and I guessed she was alluding to her son.

Finishing her dinner, she sat back and sighed contentedly.; He sat contentedly on the floor of the trailer, playing with a stack of colored rings.

Icicles hung from the roof.

Anyway, now, even the icing on my warm apple pie, melting slowly, seems to be reminding me of the inevitability of winter.

Unfortunately, violence is the inevitable corollary of such a revolutionary change in society; The factory closure is seemingly inevitable.

Such a large investment inevitably entails some risk.

It's sleeting; He didn't care if it was snowing or sleeting - everyone had to work; sleety rain; sleety snow; sleety day; sleety wind

her face lost its golden hue; In the Caribbean waters there are fish of every hue.

Politicians of all hues wish to get sleaze off the agenda so that they can discuss the real issues.

There has been a great hue and cry about the council's plans to close the school.

Those bananas aren't ripe yet - they're still green.

The city is ripe for an explosion in the film industry.

a ripe joke

luscious ripe figs; luscious fruit tarts and cream pies

a luscious blonde

luscious landscapes

She slipped into her luscious pale pink silk pajamas.

The industry's rush of consolidation in the last decade nearly halved the number of banks in the U.S. to around 7,500.; The potatoes will cook more quickly if you halve them before you put them in the oven; Their profits have halved in the last six months

He brewed us some coffee./He brewed some coffee for us; He’s working on a new way to brew the perfect cup of coffee.

Make us a brew, Bren; They gave her a strange brew to drink; War, with its fear, its deprivation, its excitement and violence makes for a very heady brew (= powerful combination).

It was too quiet - I felt that trouble was brewing.

There are over 1,000 commercial brewers in Germany.

In 2009 Carlsberg was among the largest brewery groups in the world, employing around 45,000 people.

We booked the trip on a whim; Oh for a husband who would indulge my every whim; The whims of rock stars can be hard to satisfy.

The flames rapidly engulfed the house; Northern areas of the country were engulfed by/in a snowstorm last night; The war is threatening to engulf the entire region; Floodwaters engulfed midwestern farmlands.

Hot beverages include tea, coffee, and hot chocolate; cool, refreshing beverages; What’s your favorite beverage?

They're discriminating shoppers; a discriminating palate (= the ability recognize good quality in food, drink, etc.); a discriminating music lover; discriminating buyers/shoppers; I let my palate dictate what I eat.

The floor was covered in wood shavings (nie ma innych przykładów niż z wood shavings)

It looks like this wintry weather is here to stay; This afternoon we may see some wintry showers (= snow mixed with rain) over higher ground.

She gave a wintry smile.

a brisk walk; He set a brisk pace and we struggled to keep up; Her tone on the phone was brisk (= she spoke quickly and used few words); A brisk (= cold but pleasant) wind blew across the field.

In the office, he was brisk and businesslike; Oil prices added over 2% in brisk trading yesterday.; American manufacturing was doing brisk business last month.

The engine puffed a huge cloud of steam, then rolled down the tracks.; The chimney was puffing out clouds of smoke.

They asked me to write a puff for her latest book.; a puff (piece) on sth He's gone to New York to do a puff piece on a starlet; He was at the festival to puff his new movie.

She mumbled something about being too busy; He often mumbles, and I never know what he’s asking me.

Children need plenty of good fresh food to nourish them.; She looks happy and well nourished; This cream is supposed to help nourish your skin.

Lisa has long nourished the hope of becoming a famous writer.; He has long nourished an ambition to bring the show to Broadway

I don't want to diminish her achievements, but she did have a lot of help.; Her popularity as a singer has diminished since the glory days of the 1980s; The threat of inflation is diminishing.

Building codes in California required that steel rods be used to reinforce cinder-block construction.; The pockets on my jeans are reinforced with double stitching.

The final technical report into the accident reinforces the findings of initial investigations; His behaviour merely reinforced my dislike of him.

The garrison is to be reinforced with/by another two battalions of soldiers.

We need to reinforce our sales capacity.

Secure the two pieces together with a couple of stitches.

Her head wounds needed 50 stitches.; The operation started at 8 a.m., and Bobby was stitched up by midafternoon.

I don't have a stitch to wear (= I do not have anything suitable to wear) for this party tonight.; She ran down the hall to the bathroom without a stitch on (= naked).

I got a stitch after running for the bus.

This button needs to be stitched back onto my shirt.; Stitch the pieces together along the fold.

Britain is likely to stitch together some sort of political deal to avoid a confrontation.

I've ripped my trousers - can you stitch them up for me?; After giving birth, she was stitched up by a doctor.

He claims he was stitched up by the police.

He was telling jokes at the dinner table that had us all in stitches.

I'm sure he says these things deliberately to annoy me.;

The paintwork has been deliberately scratched.; Slowly and deliberately he rose from the armchair

The gloves were white with black stitching; I sew it on so you can’t see the stitching; The fancy stitching on the jacket is unusual; The materials and stitching are of high quality.

Companies have to extend their range of skills from just sewing and stitching.; The cloth-making, cutting and stitching is done by others.;