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2021-03-09 10:00:01 Calamity, noun.

/kəˈlamɪti/

Definition: An event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster.

Examples:

1. Emergency measures may be necessary in order to avert a calamity.
2. The journey had led to calamity and ruin.
3. Nearly every calamity and malady known to humankind has a saint to look after it.
4. Plan for stress, say the experts, just like you plan ahead for any calamity you want to avoid.
5. There were those indeed who believed this calamity marked the end of the world.
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2021-03-08 21:00:02 Under the weather, phrase.

Definition (informal): Slightly unwell or in low spirits.

Examples:

1. She was sufficiently under the weather to have to pull out of the championship.
2. He's been under the weather since he's been on his own.
3. I feel sick, have a painful headache and feel a bit under the weather, but I know that if I push myself and get out of bed I will feel better.
4. And every time I go for a stroll by the river when I'm feeling a bit under the weather, I come back home wondering why I felt so poorly in the first place.
5. So I'm more than a bit under the weather at present.
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2021-03-08 10:00:01 Henceforth, adverb.

/hɛnsˈfɔːθ/

Definition: From this or that time on.

Examples:

1. Henceforth, parties which fail to get 5% of the vote will not be represented in parliament.
2. It stipulated that no concessions would henceforward be given to individuals, only to recognised institutions.
3. Besides, even if a sensible plan is henceforth followed, it will only prevent future mistakes.
4. Also I am having a party with my flatmate, who henceforth shall be referred to as Blondie.
5. Almost incidentally, on August 2, 1883, a decree went up in every town square in Russia: Yiddish theater henceforward would be illegal throughout the land.
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2021-03-07 21:00:01 What goes around comes around, phrase.

Definition (proverb): The consequences of one's actions will have to be dealt with eventually.

Examples:

1. And it's a powerful belief, offering both hope to the oppressed - suffering cannot last forever - and a warning to the oppressor - take care, what goes around comes around.
2. Watford were on the receiving end of some decisions tonight as we were on Saturday, so what goes around comes around.
3. But although I strive daily to do the right thing - believing firmly in the karmic law that what goes around comes around - I've never, ever aspired to returning to earth as the Dalai Lama.
4. I have no idea what makes someone go to those lengths, but I believe what goes around comes around and she has got what she deserved.
5. We're having to fund it too, because as in all things, what goes around comes around - although we were paying for legal aid anyway, but I don't suppose the Government's given that money back.
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2021-03-07 17:00:09 Glabrate, adjective.

/ˈɡleɪbrət/

Definition (Botany Zoology): Free from hair or down; smooth.

Examples:

1. The mature leaves are glabrate on both sides.
2. I must add that the leaves of Q. serrata are glabrate as they get old.
3. The young twigs are glabrate, or only sparingly pubescent.
4. The very glabrate phase of the plant seems worthy of distinction.
5. It is a glabrate plant with linear herbaceous leaves.
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2021-03-07 10:00:00 Cleave, verb.

/kliːv/

Definition (with object): Split or sever (something), especially along a natural line or grain.

Examples:

1. The large axe his father used to cleave wood for the fire.
2. He swung the mighty blade with one arm cleaving the ground and splitting the tiles around it.
3. As we all know, this issue has caused massive issues for the party internally, this divide cleaves the party right down to its lowest level.
4. Especially around Washington, it was inevitable that speculation about the identity of the killer would cleave along ideological lines.
5. Forget about the digital divide - it's the domestic divide that really cleaves this country in two.
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2021-03-06 21:00:01 Where there's a will there's a way, phrase.

Definition (proverb): Determination will overcome any obstacle.

Examples:

1. I know it will be difficult but where there's a will there's a way.
2. There would be a problem playing all those games but where there's a will there's a way.
3. As they say, where there's a will there's a way, and if anything can be read into Sunday's game, and its scintillating finish, the will is certainly strong in Galway and Kerry.
4. The problem for the fixtures board might be finding an alternative but where there's a will there's a way.
5. It seems to me that in politics, as in life, where there's a will there's a way.
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2021-03-06 10:00:01 Convo, noun.

/ˈkɒnvəʊ/

Definition (informal): A conversation.

Examples:

1. I struck up a convo with the girl sitting next to me.
2. Developing savvy in voicing yourself is a super way to keep any convo going.
3. My friend makes up an excuse to get off the phone five minutes into every convo.
4. Look attentive to let the person know you're into the convo.
5. No more endless discussions with your buds - his name is now banished from your convos.
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2021-03-05 21:00:01 The best thing since sliced bread, phrase.

Definition (informal): Used to emphasize one's enthusiasm about a new idea, person, or thing.

Examples:

1. They think that she is the greatest thing since sliced bread.
2. She finally locates the Assistant Wine Whatever-His-Title-Is, and he of the broad-smile-on-a-wide-face recommends the wine as if it were the next best thing since sliced bread.
3. Some people are a little confused by this latest trend, wondering what all the fuss is about and why it's becoming the next best thing since sliced bread.
4. While some analysts think it's the next best thing since sliced bread, it has the feeling of WAP redux.
5. That's not to say there isn't a market there, rather that we haven't been convinced it's quite the next best thing since sliced bread.
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