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单词 precariously
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precariously
Consumption was part of the ordinary life, still represented, albeit oftenprecariously, by the home front.
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How was a man to negotiate his relations with othersprecariouslybut ineluctably situated between the poles of autonomy and dependence?
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Now the man is perchedprecariouslyon the top of his chimney - the only bit of his house above the raging torrent.
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This common thread picture hangs together quiteprecariously, however, and will come undone once we think about it for a moment.
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Why should archaeology's understanding of itself be soprecariouslybalanced, and how does archaeology's subject matter contribute?
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Balancing themselves with outstretched arms the villagers crossed the river walkingprecariouslyon the log that served as a bridge 14.
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A strong central government based on a dominant party with comfortable majorities has given way to coalition governmentsprecariouslydependent on the regional parties.
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The incoherent position left liberalsprecariouslystraddled across two sides that were increasingly polarizing.
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A lace napkin, edged with pearls, perchesprecariouslyon top of a black wig, while on his feet he wears a pair of fluffy pink slippers.
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Modern scientific disciplines constitute relativelyprecariouslyconstructed networks dependent on communications (conceptually) linked to other communications, and on third parties observing this process.
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But he does so, unexpectedly, writing as a post-revolutionary conservative with an investment in maintaining the very institutions whose stability depends soprecariouslyon this disavowal of agency.
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So too does the recognition that we are individually and collectively responsible for what we might call the preservation of a species soprecariouslypoised between heaven and the abyss.
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One of the men, being a strong swimmer, easily got to the shore; the second clungprecariouslyto the boat; and the third, unfortunately, sank.
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No community of such a size, and standing at so high a level of civilisation, has ever been economically soprecariouslypoised.
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Since the war our economy has beenprecariouslyand lurchingly poised on a tightrope.
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