debt of gratitude
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdebtandgratitude
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debt
noun[C or U]
uk/det/us/det/
something, especially money, that is owed to someone else, or the state of ...
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gratitude
noun[U]
uk/ˈɡræt.ɪ.tʃuːd/us/ˈɡræt̬.ə.tuːd/
the feeling or quality of ...
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(Definition ofdebtandgratitudefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The country owes her adebtofgratitude.
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We owe her a greatdebtofgratitude.
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Believe me, the nation owes them a deep and lastingdebtofgratitude.
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I take this opportunity of testifying once again to the greatdebtofgratitudewe owe to the fishermen of this country.
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All of them owe her adebtofgratitude.
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I have always regarded him as one of the great outstanding personalities to whom the country is under a permanentdebtofgratitude.
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I once again pay my tribute to the work of the police and the army to whom we all owe a hugedebtofgratitude.
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We owe adebtofgratitudeto our judges.
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I think we all owe them a very greatdebtofgratitude.
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I should like to underline thedebtofgratitudewhich my noble friend has acknowledged as being owed to the forces of law and order.
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I think we owe them adebtofgratitude.
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They have a tremendous amount of work to do, and we owe them adebtofgratitude.
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We owe adebtofgratitudeto those people for assisting us in the war.
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Faced with new carers those young people feel a tremendousdebtofgratitudeto those people.
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We all owe her a greatdebtofgratitudefor her courage in taking on and performing this arduous task.
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We owe adebtofgratitudeto those people.
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All who do this work are owed adebtofgratitudeby us.
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The entire country owes adebtofgratitudeto all those who care for and look after others.
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We owe adebtofgratitudeto those who worked in and took part in the running of both bodies.
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We owe adebtofgratitudeto our policemen.
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We do indeed owe him adebtofgratitudefor that.
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I owe adebtofgratitudeto my many language consultants over the years for their help in understanding tone and reduplication in their languages.
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For that, we owe adebtofgratitude.
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I owe a greatdebtofgratitudeto him.
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We owe everyone concerned a greatdebtofgratitude.
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I wish to express adebtofgratitudeto those officers for the risks they have undertaken.
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We owe an enormousdebtofgratitude, in two world wars and in peace time, for the work which they have done.
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It was a highly exacting and demanding task, and one for which we owe them adebtofgratitude.
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He is the man who counts for most and who brings the greatest pleasure, to whom we owe the greatestdebtofgratitude.
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We owe her a considerabledebtofgratitude.
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We owe him a greatdebtofgratitudefor his industry, courage and dedication.
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We owe adebtofgratitudeto my noble friend for introducing the amendment for two reasons.
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What adebtofgratitudethis country owes to that staff.
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But the industry owes him adebtofgratitudefor his services in the matter.
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We owe them a greatdebtofgratitude.
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We owe the police, who are in the front line of the battle to reduce that anxiety and fear, adebtofgratitude.
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