dark cloud
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdarkandcloud
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dark
adjective
uk/dɑːk/us/dɑːrk/
with little or ...
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cloud
noun
uk/klaʊd/us/klaʊd/
a grey or white mass in the sky, made up of very small floating drops ...
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(Definition ofdarkandcloudfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It would be adarkcloudto our hopes to-day if antagonism were to grow again.
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It is extremely good news that adarkcloudhas been lifted.
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A dust cloud is still a cloud, and can be a verydarkcloudwhich causes great nuisance to the owners of adjoining land.
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The idea of temporary remedies feeds the belief that unemployment will pass away like adarkcloud.
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That time of rejoicing in a household is in these cases followed in a very short time by a verydarkcloud.
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It is currently under adarkcloudof criticism.
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I do not think that adarkcloudshould hang over a person because of one crime that he has committed.
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What if thedarkcloudsurrounding compulsory annuities rains down on that pet scheme?
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When any matter pointing to improvement or hope was mentioned, adarkcloudpassed over the benches opposite.
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He cannot see a piece of silver without wrapping adarkcloudround it.
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I believe that there is adarkcloudhanging over the air traffic control system in the future.
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There is adarkcloudhanging over the town and the people are naturally worried about their future.
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It is adarkcloud, no bigger than one's hand.
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Adarkcloudhangs over the areas that have been directly affected by the disease.
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That issue has been hanging over us like adarkcloudfor some time now and it was never really tackled.
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That is the threat of nationalisa- tion which has hung like adarkcloudover the industry for so many years.
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We are now under thedarkcloudof risk of attack from the air.
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This difficulty hangs over our economy like adarkcloud, but instead of preparing to meet the flood we quarrel over the distribution of the champagne.
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This matter has hung like adarkcloudover me and my government.
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