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单词 batten
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batten
They are allowed and will be allowed to go on in this country battening upon the sorrows and sacrifices of the men of their country.
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In the case of slum property, where landlords have battened on the housing problem, the property should be taken over and site value paid.
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Where extensive war damage had been done to roofs, these were to be covered with tarpaulins, or roofing felt well battened down.
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Would he do something about these parasites who are battening on the public?
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Areas of the prison are literally battened down at night and nobody ventures in.
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A block grant battening down the activities of local authorities makes the possibilities of expansion difficult for them as time goes on.
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Battens disease is extremely rare, and its prevalence is not precisely known.
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The result is that the mails are put in position, and battens put above, and the remaining cargo placed on board.
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Such a spectacle is obscene, like a lot of flies battening on a carcase.
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Meanwhile, we have battened down the hatches and the ship remains on course.
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Tiling battens and scarcements are cut out altogether.
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They told him that the battens were rotten.
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We are certainly slimming down in our company, but we are also putting our heads down, we are battening down the hatches.
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There is an imaginary idea that they are people of bloated wealth battening on the lives of the people.
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We were told that the greed of the shipowner was battening upon the food of the poor.
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