taboo subject
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftabooandsubject
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taboo
adjective
uk/təˈbuː/us/təˈbuː/
avoided for religious or ...
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subject
noun[C]
uk/ˈsʌb.dʒekt/us/ˈsʌb.dʒekt/
the thing that is being discussed, considered, ...
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(Definition oftabooandsubjectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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An even moretaboosubjectin most rich countries is that other major driver of environmental destruction, overconsumption.
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The physicality of performance is still ataboosubject.
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Death has been ataboosubjectfor longer than is generally supposed, generating numerous evasions, though seldom used dysphemistically except in the implication of violent and threatening speech.
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Dying is ataboosubjectwhich touches people's sensitivities and emotions.
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Why has cancer been ataboosubjectfor so long?
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This cannot be ataboosubjectfor public opinion.
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Secondly, we think that pensions should not be ataboosubject.
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It is of fundamental importance that the silence around thistaboosubjectis broken.
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I believe this is the right system for seeking resources and ensuring that efficiency is no longer ataboosubject.
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However, she started her speech by saying that bereavement is ataboosubject, and she was right about that.
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As he said, it is ataboosubjectto many people.
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Head lice are ataboosubjectin many areas.
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The introduction of new taxes is ataboosubject.
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Nuclear energy seemed to be ataboosubject.
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It was ataboosubjectfor everyone else.
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It is still treated as something of ataboosubject, widely misunderstood and often stigmatised.
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It is not ataboosubject; this is a democracy.
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The issue of how to improve collaborative work, particularly in the field of legislation, is not ataboosubjecteither.
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This project confronts ataboosubject, and this is particularly important.
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Finally, more tax allowances for the mobility of those who are culturally active is ataboosubjectin my group.
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