It is clear that such exchanges afford more than comprehensible input; they also allow learners to rehearse new items (such ascomforter) in production.
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Putcomforteron the bed?
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He is not much of acomforterto the man concerned.
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I believe it is termed a "comforter" and that it is usually on the end of a string or attached to a rattle.
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We require our police to be managers, accountants, personnel officers, social workers, detectives and comforters.
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The wool available should be sufficient to make a complete outfit of, say, capcomforter, pullover, mittens and socks for about 300,000 men every week.
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He bore it almost about his person, like an electoralcomforterto be returned to whenever the going got tough.
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She was the visitor of the sick, thecomforterof the oppressed, the defender of all who were in trouble.
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We must not treat young people as though we were persuading children to give up theircomforter—an imperial dummy.
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Boys in the training establishments are given two jerseys, two pairs of woollen drawers, and a woollencomforteron entry, and these have hitherto been considered to afford ample protection.
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Pillows provide the most common source of exposure, though mattresses, comforters, outerwear and upholstery can also cause problems.
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Comforters are a type of blanket, filled with natural or synthetic insulative material and encased in a shell/covering.
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Thin silk comforters are used even in the summer.
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Thecomforteris stitched or quilted to secure the filling and keep it evenly distributed.
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Pillowtex was originally a pillow, mattress pad and down or syntheticcomfortermaker.
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