mundane subject

collocation in English

meaningsofmundaneandsubject

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mundane
adjective
uk
/mʌnˈdeɪn/us
/mʌnˈdeɪn/
very ordinary and therefore ...
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subject
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsʌb.dʒekt/us
/ˈsʌb.dʒekt/
the thing that is being discussed, considered, ...
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(Definition ofmundaneandsubjectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Let us take themundanesubjectof refuse collection.
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I move on from those elevated matters to the moremundanesubjectof food safety.
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I would stress the moremundanesubjectof their economic value as an invisible export.
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I must now return to the moremundanesubjectof equipment.
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A moremundanesubjectis the decision as to when a person is dead— for none of us would appreciate waking up in a refrigerator!
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We have spent a long time on an apparentlymundanesubject—although we have had our entertainments this afternoon.
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After all, it is amundanesubject—the subject of the provision of suitable forces for the defence of our country.
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I begin my list with themundanesubjectof pay.
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Here we are discussing amundanesubjectbut a very vital one.
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It may be a verymundanesubject, but it was all to the good.
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I do not take personally the fact that my colleagues are walking out on me, because this is a rathermundanesubject.
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At this point we move from the rarified atmosphere of the historical background of backgammon and crown and anchor to the moremundanesubjectof the "one-armed bandit".
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It has to deal with laundry facilities, burial of the dead and some mundane subjects.
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The document that we are discussing deals with the more mundane subjects of consultation and the exchange of information.
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He was opposed to the use of speech on mundane subjects in an operatic context.
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At first these were, traditionally, of mundane subjects.
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The only way for them to avoid mentally broadcasting every thought that crossed their minds was to make incessant chattering small talk about mundane subjects like the weather.
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His paintings are created to provide a fresh perspective on otherwise mundane subjects and to free the viewer from the confinements and limitations of everyday existence.
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