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单词 concoction
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Examples from literature
  • If, indeed, this novel concoction was the favorite fare of hunters, it is no wonder that the race of hunters is becoming extinct.
  • Make the concoction with boiling water, from soot taken from the chimney or stove in which wood is burned.
  • The old lady next door pottered in and out, putting mustard plasters on his chest and forgetting to take them off, and feeding him nauseous concoctions that she brewed over a coal-oil stove.
  • The roast course was always accompanied by an aqueous, semi-frozen concoction which the bill of fare revealed as Roman punch.
  • There he occupied himself with the concoction of poisons, the resource of fallen statesmen.

Examplesofconcoction

concoction
Yet if the pudding is over-egged in places, it is still a highly nourishing and appetisingconcoction.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This new drink, aconcoctionof the sorghum beer, was popular with chiefs and commoners alike.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Perhaps the most clear-cut statuslinked items are vases, which were used for drinks, including various chocolate-based concoctions.
From theCambridge English Corpus
From this intimateconcoction, a new being emerges.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Butconcoctionof the whole fruit takes place to secure the reproduction of the organism.
From theCambridge English Corpus
All these very male elements make sense because the soil - and it is exceptional that aconcoctionis made in a little pit - is experienced as female/weakening/sweet.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It should be a gracefulconcoction—a soufflé rather than a bread-and-butter pudding.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Little by little, concoctions are created, muddling up valid criticism with false accusations.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Fourthly, by correctly labelling the relevant concoctions which are widely available on the market, so that they clearly state that they are anabolic substances.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
If they vote against and reject the amendment, they too will be responsible for this weak and emptyconcoction.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
That toxicconcoctionwill eventually end up in the barrage.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The order is aconcoctionwhich does not square with reality or with the views of the passenger transport authority.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Indeed, to dignify thisconcoctionwith the title of a scheme is beyond a joke.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is very much a hit or miss affair whether they detect those bringing in these vile concoctions.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
If they do, why have they brought forward thisconcoctionof misjudged, unfair, inadequate and provocative measures?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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