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That was the gist of what he said.

We aspire to become full-service providers to our clients.

He might be frustrated by the college’s regimentation.

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

I was racing against the clock, but I finished the test just before the bell.

He gave a fairly run-of-the-mill speech.

I'm up to my eyes in homework this week.

He works hard but he's paid a pittance.

I need to change jobs - after 15 years here I feel I'm (stuck) in a rut.

Previous elections in the country have been rigged by the ruling party.

Her hands and feet were tied and a gag placed over her mouth. / He was bound and gagged and left in a cell for three days.

Gems haul seized in swoop.

Undercover police swooped on three houses in the city at 5.00 this morning.

The fishermen docked in Cairns and the cod was delivered to the filleting factory.

3,2,1,0 - lift-off!

The enormous object raised itself into the sky and began its historic journey, to splashdown safely in the ocean 4 hours later.

The first manned space-flight took place in 1962.

"I ran all the way home," she puffed./ The chimney was puffing out clouds of smoke.

It would have been more honest to say that I thought the litterbug needed a lesson.

Many morning commuters became frustrated at the road hog straddling two lanes.

He used to be known for working late, but is now a dedicated clock-watcher.

He was a real tearaway at school - he was always in trouble with teachers or with the police.

Zoff was originally dismissed as a crank, but his theories later became very influential.

Our principal was a real old battle-ax.

Come on, slowpoke, we don't have all day you know!

He was a daydreamer who grew sullen when faced with textbooks.

She is a wind-bag and she always talks about her ideas.

On environmental spending, the president is a miser.

The number 345 contains three digits.

We tighten or loosen nuts and bolts with a spanner.

Nuts and bolts are used to hold pieces of machinery together.

We dig holes in the ground with a spade.

To cut string and other things, we carry in a pocket a penknife.

We raise a car to change a tool with a jack, You need a car jack in order to change a tyre.

a garden fork

We collect dry leaves and make earth level with a rake.; In the autumn I rake (up) the dead leaves.

Hammer a nail into the wall and we'll hang the mirror from it.

Place the safety pin on the end of the cord and thread through the top hem.

Next, pierce the top and bottom with a pushpin, making the hole on the wider end a bit larger.

She put a rubber band around the box.

The acquisition of huge amounts of data has helped our research enormously.; Language acquisition (= learning a language without being taught) starts at a very young age.

If you want legal advice in Britain, you go to a solicitor.; a firm of solicitors

Men or women who look after prisoners in prisons are called prison officers or warders.

He collects coins and banknotes. He is a numismatist.

Scottish banknotes are legal tender in England too.

We suggest that you retain the counterfoil as proof of purchase.