Lecture 10: Words for the Everyday and the Elite
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- The CEO’s speech did nothing to inspire her employees; she offered
only the usual __ about keeping their noses to the grindstones
and their eyes on the bottom line. - Blakely’s culinary skills were legendary among her friends; her boeuf
bourguignon in particular was __. - Barbara knew it was time to look for a new job when the tasks she used
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phrases. - Jackie was known in her neighborhood as a terrible hostess; the food
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clients were too __; they lacked all creativity or excitement.
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