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