proper meal
collocation in Englishmeaningsofproperandmeal
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proper
adjective
uk/ˈprɒp.ər/us/ˈprɑː.pɚ/
real, satisfactory, suitable, ...
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meal
noun
uk/mɪəl/us/mɪəl/
an occasion when food is eaten, or the food that is eaten on such ...
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(Definition ofproperandmealfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Cooking apropermealfor one is time-consuming and meals may become limited to tea, toast and biscuits.
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I trust that pensions will be increased, but if old people are infirm they cannot always cook apropermeal.
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No half-holiday was allowed, and nopropermealtimes were recognised.
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The lastpropermealis at 4.30 pm, with only a hot drink and biscuits before bedtime.
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For a good many children who have free school meals it is very often the onlypropermealthey have during the day.
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Unfortunately, some of our youngsters go to school without having had apropermeal.
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There are those who believe that a lettuce leaf resting lightly on some small unbuttered square of brown bread is apropermeal.
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Why should the occupier of a shop be exempted from giving his own son a weekly half-holiday andpropermealtimes?
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It will merely mean that people can have apropermealwith a drink in the afternoon if they want one.
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That fact makes it difficult for the workpeople to havepropermealtimes or rest during the period of their employment.
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But what is apropermeal?
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In the case of a regular, fully-employed shop worker, it must be provided, for example, that he must not work more than five hours without apropermeal.
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It gives them a safe place to go where they can do their homework and get apropermeal, which they often do not get at home.
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This scheme, obviously, relieves the householder and ensures proper meals.
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She should not be encouraged to do what some university students do, to save money and not buy proper meals.
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Great care also is taken to provide proper meals at the stations for the men as they come down on demobilisation.
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The main thing is that proper meals are provided.
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What sort of society can accept that standard of living while it stands by and sees the elderly dying of hypothermia and children going without proper meals?
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Unlike many of their contemporaries prior to the 20th century, they slept in proper beds, wore well-made adequate clothes and received three proper meals a day, plus a small wage.
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