poor soul
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpoorandsoul
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poor
adjective
uk/pɔːr/us/pʊr/
having little money and/or ...
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soul
noun
uk/səʊl/us/soʊl/
the spiritual part of a person that some people believe continues to exist in some form after their body has died, or the part of a person that is not physical and experiences deep feelings ...
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(Definition ofpoorandsoulfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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He says he thought it meant apoorsoul.
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What is thepoorsoulto do?
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Thepoorsoulstuck it for nine weeks.
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Thatpoorsoulneeds help, not more prison.
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Thatpoorsoulcarried his cross long enough.
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Thepoorsoulwho owns the house has no influence on that.
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What then is thepoorsoulto do by way of getting accommodation?
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Usually, thepoorsoulwakes up to realise that he has been asked a question.
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Thepoorsoulhas never seen the other side of the argument.
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Thispoorsoulmight spend the rest of his life flying back and forth on an aeroplane.
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So thepoorsoul, who went back to benefit her people, has had to pay £36 a year whether she uses the electricity or not.
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Thepoorsoulhas been making speeches as similar to that we heard him make tonight on every rate support grant order since the new system was introduced in 1966.
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When she told her parents what she had seen, they suggested that apoorsoulmight be in need of prayers.
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