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  • 41like stink — (informal) 1. Very much, to a great extent 2. Intensely • • • Main Entry: ↑stink * * * like stink british informal phrase very fast, or with a lot of energy Thesaurus: words used to describe effort …

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  • 42much about it — Something like what it usually is • • • Main Entry: ↑much …

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  • 43like watching sausage getting made — If something is like watching sausages getting made, unpleasant truths about it emerge that make it much less appealing.  The idea is that if people watched sausages getting made, they would probably be less fond of them …

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  • 44like hell — ► like hell informal very fast, much, hard, etc. Main Entry: ↑hell …

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  • 45like a bull in a china shop — phrase doing something with too much enthusiasm or too quickly and carelessly in a way that may damage things or upset someone Thesaurus: careless and casualsynonym Main entry: bull * * * behaving recklessly and clumsily in a place or situation… …

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  • 46like a morgue — often humorous phrase without much noise or activity Thesaurus: silent and silencesynonym describing loud and noisy soundssynonym Main entry: morgue …

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  • 47like a moth to a candle flame — phrase used for emphasizing how much someone is attracted by a person or thing Thesaurus: wanting or needing somethingsynonym Main entry: moth …

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  • 48like*/*/*/ — [laɪk] grammar word I summary: Like can be: ■ a preposition: He looks like his father. ■ a conjunction: She looked like she was about to cry. ■ an adverb: I said, like, you can t do this to me. 1) similar similar to someone or something else No… …

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  • 49much — [[t]mʌ̱tʃ[/t]] ♦ 1) ADV GRADED: ADV after v You use much to indicate the great intensity, extent, or degree of something such as an action, feeling, or change. Much is usually used with so , too , and very , and in negative clauses with this… …

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  • 50like — I UK [laɪk] / US adjective, adverb, conjunction, preposition *** Summary: Like can be used in the following ways: as a preposition (followed by a noun): He looks like his father. as a conjunction (connecting two clauses): She looked like she was… …

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