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- In recent years, she has been subject to attacks of depression.
- We plan to go on Wednesday, subject to your approval.
- Moving all the books should not take long, subject to there being enough helpers.
## 19th, October
+ inexorable
> (adj)an inexorable process cannot be stopped, unstoppable
- the inexorable decline of Britain's manufacturing industry
- the seemingly inexorable rise in crime
+ save
> (adv)except
- She answered all the questions save one.
- Little is known about his early life, save that he had a brother.
+ headlong
> (adj, adv)with great speed or without thinking</br>
> (adj)moving forward with your head first
- In the headlong rush to buy houses, many people got into debt.
- a headlong plunge into the lake
+ prose
> (n)language in its usual form, as opposed to poetry
- I've always preferred reading prose to poetry.
+ stylist
> (n)a person whose job is to arrage, shape, or design something, such as a person's hair</br>
> (n)a writer who has a good writing style and chooses the words they use very carefully
- She gave up a career as a fashion stylist to rear two daughters.
- She's no stylist, but she writes very exciting stories.
+ scale back
> (v)to reduce something in size, amount, or production
- Sid will have to scale back his plans.
- Some firms may scale back their expansion plans in the region as a result of the downturn.