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106
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923
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896
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221
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149
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380
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274
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109
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272
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978
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234
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990
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174
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220
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217
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164
geology
907
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243
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206
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139
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214
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238
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690
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952
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130
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171
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957
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310
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1051
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128
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101
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457
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1407
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218
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877
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293
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386
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85
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420
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482
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450
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134
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470
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289
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273
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198
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225
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122
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739
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289
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129
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140
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114
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188
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202
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230
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218
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258
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96
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444
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211
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308
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537
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147
effort
1042
Robust
294
be in the pipeline
95
maniac
355
phys ed
140
fustiest
185
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198
analogue
345
in residence
151
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314
luckily
143
surgical
402
Effluent
176
ditch
821
necessities
98
skill
1142
Default
215
advertising agency
192
tragedy
889
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178
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199
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237
pepperoni
184
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305
shellshock
92
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130
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382
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93
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370
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964
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485
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432
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182
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288
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251
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410
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401
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205
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160
cast
914
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408
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180
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242
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221
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384
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207
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899
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852
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409
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331
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1093
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359
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892
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265
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263
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211
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688
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328
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1065
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558
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233
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943
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234
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372
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191
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481
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457
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119
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1092
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233
base sth on sth
117
traveller
408
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195
gasoline
952
tile
302
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533
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510
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80
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153
Country
357
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951
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362
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169
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219
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1063
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351
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156
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543
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265
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456
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347
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55
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201
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503
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185
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348
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809
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273
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214
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208
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183
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152
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304
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161
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101
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200
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101
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197
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509
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280
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148
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480
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191
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292
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1353
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238
net
1213
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320
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816
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130
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405
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175
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241
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188
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265
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93
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80
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101
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916
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391
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338
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91
coin
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279
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481
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91
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93
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378
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402
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384
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472
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155
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textbook
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109
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256
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496
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455
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355
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88
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314
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164
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128
ott
179
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198
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109
manila
241
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205
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120
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963
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370
certainty
843
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524
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299
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1424
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1175
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474
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129
ailment
393
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501
dramatis personae
232
district attorney
267
scary
412
skate
813
the cards odds are stacked against you
103
country cousin
231
reproducing
111
punchless
116
trusting
209
inbred
180
move
675
resign
991
CONTEMPLATE
338
philanthropist
210
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214
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376
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142
hold out on somebody
128
mushroom
954
safety
937
building
640
scope
924
remarkable
1066
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380
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133
diggers
132
basic
861
hall of residence
246
worse
883
crimp
347
willies
115
sexy
352
zoo
393
Bigotry
130
snub
389
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579
precipice
390
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182
competitive
949
erratical
126
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269
farrier
252
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257
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198
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155
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151
search
1424
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289
coincide
338
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196
revolt
896
se
260
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233
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197
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321
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308
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291
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442
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241
come across
313
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208
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180
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456
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475
wherefore
205
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348
dollop
250
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468
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308
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181
herewith
271
allocation
471
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210
foliaged
187
flood the market
147
fantasize
354
Hostage
251
gouge
303
Tremble
312
win-win
84
BNC: 9604
COCA: 11458
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ploy
ploy
/
plɔɪ
/
noun
[
countable
C
]
WAY/METHOD
a
clever
and
dishonest
way of
tricking
someone so that you can get an
advantage
〔欺骗性的〕计策,手段,花招
His usual ploy is to pretend he’s ill.
他惯用的花招是装病。
ploy to do something
a smart ploy to win votes
赢取选票的精明手段
Examples from the Corpus
ploy
•
It is a
ploy
, but he had good reason to believe it would be an
effective
one.
•
He's not really
ill
, it's just a
ploy
to make us feel
sorry
for him.
•
The
religious
element
of their election campaign was a
cynical
ploy
.
•
Why give her the
satisfaction
of
knowing
her
ploy
had
succeeded
?
•
But his main
ploy
was to
portray
Weld
as a
friend
of the rich
eager
to reduce
educational
opportunities for
ordinary
citizens
.
•
A
neat
marketing
ploy
, and a good way of
interesting
children in
aviation
.
•
Using government
subsidies
to increase local authority
rents
is not a new
ploy
.
•
Certainly Mosley's
constant
harping
on the
theme
of
left-wing
intimidation was a fairly effective
recruiting
ploy
throughout the 1930s.
•
The
ploy
didn't work.
•
This
ploy
should give the stockmarket a
boost
.
ploy to do something
•
This isn't a
ploy to
be
recommended
.
•
This may have been
coincidence
or, as we noted earlier, a
deliberate
ploy to
enhance
his own standing.
•
He claims it is a deliberate
ploy to
squeeze
out
weaker
brokers
.
•
Use every
ploy to
project my
reality
in
defence
of my
choices
.
•
This is a good
ploy to
get the children to
shout
loud
but then to contain the
noise
within the call.
•
Apple's
altruism
was also
labelled
as a
smart
ploy to
introduce
the nation's
youngsters
to its products.
Origin
ploy
(
1600-1700
)
Probably from
employ
ploy
noun
Chinese
Corpus
BNC: 9604
COCA: 11458
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
ploy
noun
ADJECTIVE
|
VERB +
PLOY
|
PLOY
+ VERB
|
PREPOSITION
ADJECTIVE
➤
clever, effective
, good
巧妙的手法;有用的策略
➤
deliberate
, tactical
盤算周到的計策;手段高明的策略
▸
➤
favourite/favorite, old
慣用的手法
➤
cynical
玩世不恭的伎倆
▸
➤
advertising, marketing, sales
廣告/營銷/銷售策略
➤
political
政治伎倆
VERB +
PLOY
➤
resort to
, try
訴諸⋯計謀;採取⋯策略
➤
devise
制訂策略
◇
She devised a clever ploy to hold off her opponents.
她耍了個花招拖住了對手。
PLOY
+ VERB
➤
work
策略行之有效
PREPOSITION
➤
ploy for
為了⋯的策略
◇
a ploy for deflecting criticism
轉移批評的策略
BNC: 9604
COCA: 11458
Oxford Learner's Thesaurus
ploy
noun
⇨
tactic
BNC: 9604
COCA: 11458
Macmillan English Thesaurus
ploy
Tricks, pretences and dishonest plans:
spot fixing
, ploy, hoax...
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