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midterm collapse: middle of an academic term or a political term in office; the middle of the gestation period

manfully collapse: in a manful manner; with qualities thought to befit a man; "having said her say Peggy manfully shouldered her burden and prepared to break up yet another home"

phonic collapse: relating to speech; pertaining to the phonic method of teaching reading

attention collapse: a courteous act indicating affection; "she tried to win his heart with her many attentions"; a motionless erect stance with arms at the sides and feet together; assumed by military personnel during drill or review; "the troops stood at attention"; the faculty or power of mental concentration; "keeping track of all the details requires your complete attention"; the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others; a general interest that leads people to want to know more; "She was the center of attention"

shakedown collapse: extortion of money (as by blackmail); a very thorough search of a person or a place; "a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs"; initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state; "the new industry's economic shakedown"; intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system; "a shakedown cruise"

smell collapse: the act of perceiving the odor of something; the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents; the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses"; emit an odor; "The soup smells good"; smell bad; "He rarely washes, and he smells"; inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense

employed collapse: having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary; "most of our graduates are employed"; put to use

uncompromising collapse: not making concessions; "took an uncompromising stance in the peace talks"; "uncompromising honesty"

laboriously collapse: in a laborious manner; "their lives were spent in committee making decisions for others to execute on the basis of data laboriously gathered for them"

earshot collapse: the range within which a voice can be heard; "the children were told to stay within earshot"

hardship collapse: something that causes or entails suffering; "I cannot think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women"- James Boswell; "the many hardships of frontier life"

hearing collapse: (law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence; the ability to hear; the auditory faculty; "his hearing was impaired"; a session (of a committee or grand jury) in which witnesses are called and testimony is taken; "the investigative committee will hold hearings in Chicago"; an opportunity to state your case and be heard; "they condemned him without a hearing"; "he saw that he had lost his audience"

hurried collapse: moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste; "a hurried trip to the store"; "the hurried life of a city"; "a hurried job"

thorny collapse: bristling with perplexities; "the thorny question of states' rights"

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