dangerous journey

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dangerous
adjective
uk
/ˈdeɪn.dʒər.əs/us
/ˈdeɪn.dʒɚ.əs/
A dangerous person, animal, thing, or activity could ...
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journey
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdʒɜː.ni/us
/ˈdʒɝː.ni/
the act of travelling from one place to another, especially in ...
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(Definition ofdangerousandjourneyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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His motivation for undertaking thedangerousjourneywas the hope of making money on a good deal.
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There were no bridges and no railways, but a long and arduous anddangerousjourney.
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That road stretches seven-tenths of a mile and involves a verydangerousjourney.
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If we can prevent people from undertaking adangerousjourneywhich may put their lives at risk, this is a good thing.
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Over 300,000 people, mostly the poor and disadvantaged, have taken thedangerousjourneyacross the border to neighbouring countries.
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I think it is a verydangerousjourneyon which to embark.
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Cheshire county council says that it wants children to get in their parents' cars to go to school, or to make adangerousjourney.
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It could turn out to have been a moredangerousjourneyfor him than he thinks, if he has returned more like a tosa dog than when he went.
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When a person died, they were interred with grave goods, which they carried with them on the long anddangerousjourneyto the underworld.
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And so they undertake the journey home - adangerousjourneythat will teach them about life and about each other.
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After a long anddangerousjourneyshe is successful.
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As a consequence, thousands of emigrants experienced a miserable and oftendangerousjourney.
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Safely accessing the island is a difficult and sometimesdangerousjourneydue to dangerous tides and winds.
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Adangerousjourneysoon becomes a seemingly impossible challenge made all the more remarkable by the fact that the teenagers are blind.
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After several months of trying to overcome the red-tape, he begins a long anddangerousjourneyalong with his sons.
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With the help of their new friends the pair try to make thedangerousjourneyback home.
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Once the coast is clear they then set out on a long,dangerousjourney.
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It is said that a person who does not stop to pray at the shrine is in for adangerousjourney.
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Wonderland begins with the mystery of a young woman, leaving home and embarking on adangerousjourney.
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