able-bodied person
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able-bodied
adjective
uk/ˌeɪ.bəlˈbɒd.id/us/ˌeɪ.bəlˈbɑː.did/
used to refer to someone who is healthy and has no illness, injury, or condition that makes it difficult to do the things that other ...
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person
noun[C]
uk/ˈpɜː.sən/us/ˈpɝː.sən/
a man, woman, ...
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(Definition ofable-bodiedandpersonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Second, everyable-bodiedpersonlearns to perceive and control locomotion across a variety of surfaces (as do the young of many other species).
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From the perspective of the youngerable-bodiedpersona decline in functional ability may be seen as a reduction in quality of life.
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Moreover, war conditions have created the need, and have provided the opportunity, for work for everyable-bodiedperson.
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It is already an offence for anable-bodiedpersonto misuse an orange badge.
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A person who has to use crutches often finds that his jacket wears out much quicker than that of anable-bodiedperson.
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Why should the farmers be permitted to ingather their crops at a wage noable-bodiedpersonwould accept?
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They have not been asking for a lot —simply for the opportunity to enjoy those basic rights that everyable-bodiedpersontakes for granted.
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I must say that the gear that we have put into our property will not be of any disadvantage to anable-bodiedperson.
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What does such a property have in it that makes it so difficult for anable-bodiedpersonto use should he wish to do so?
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I found that it was hard enough for anable-bodiedpersonto do.
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Everything that we hear about sport helping theable-bodiedpersonis true to a much greater extent for somebody with a disability.
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It is not increasing by one halfpenny the allowance of theable-bodiedperson; it is not decreasing it, and it is not increasing it.
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It meant that noable-bodiedperson, on any consideration whatsoever, could be granted relief either for himself or his family.
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