awful thing
collocation in Englishmeaningsofawfulandthing
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awful
adjective
uk/ˈɔː.fəl/us/ˈɑː.fəl/
extremely bad ...
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thing
noun
uk/θɪŋ/us/θɪŋ/
used to refer in an approximate way to an object or to avoid ...
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(Definition ofawfulandthingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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After all, that is the mostawfulthingin the world.
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That is anawfulthingto have to say.
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It is possible to see thisawfulthing, this drug addiction, first as a sickness.
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We should stop believing that betting is anawfulthing.
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It is anawfulthingto lose face.
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They are the people who have done theawfulthing.
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Theawfulthingabout our society is what happens to those with mental health problems.
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I would remind him that bad weather, or rain, is not a veryawfulthing.
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It has not worked, this is theawfulthing.
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Theawfulthingis that you have got to "come clean".
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Autism is anawfulthing, and one can understand parents wanting to attach something to it.
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I share the abhorrence of the wholeawfulthing.
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This is theawfulthingthat we know about institutionalisation.
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Theawfulthingis that he will not admit it.
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I do not think that is a terriblyawfulthingto ask.
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Theawfulthingis that public awareness only occurs after some ghastly tragedy has happened.
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Theawfulthingabout the present situation is that the most sustainable systems with first-rate animal welfare standards that produce meat from grass in mature animals are being undermined.
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The estimate for the current year is £8,500,000, and by 1929–1930 it will be £11,000,000, and this is held out as being anawfulthingwhich ought to be resisted.
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That is anawfulthingto admit.
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That is theawfulthing.
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