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[ noun ] (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
Examples : "a batch of letters" "a deal of trouble" "a lot of money" "he made a mint on the stock market" "it must have cost plenty" Used in print (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)These specialists , I learned , have done a great_deal of work to improve the size and health of the plants and the resulting flowers . (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)In short , gymnastics uses every part of the body and requires a great_deal of character as_well . A great_deal . (William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)Because of his brain injury and the extreme damage suffered to his sight , the patient had to train himself for a new line_of_work , that of a portfolio maker , an occupation requiring a great_deal of precision in the making of measurements and a fairly well developed sense of form and contour . Related terms |
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