bang

punch

smack

strike

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We must strike a balance between them.

No doubt they strike a happy medium.

I should like finally to strike a biblical note.

Twelve political prisoners dead from hunger strike.

We need always to strike the right balance.

beat

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Let us not beat about the bush.

We cannot continue to beat about the bush.

I will not beat about the bush: animals are animals and people are people.

beat up

bludgeon

chop

cut

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We need clear - cut criteria and clear - cut guidelines.

Electronic commerce will cut out many middlemen.

7715 It is to cut milk subsidies.

Today, everything is completely cut and dried.

The authorities already have their work cut out.

thrash

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I hope that we can thrash this out.

fuck up

hack

carve

chisel

cut off

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People in solitary confinement are totally cut off from the outside world.

Documents were taken away, the telephones were cut off and threats of legal action remain.

That is what you get when you punish idealistic helpers and cut off legal access options.

Only the people cut off from the harsh reality of the grass roots could have any doubt about that.

facet

grave

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All this has created grave disparities.

That would be a grave danger to peace.

We therefore harbour grave reservations about supporting these directives.

This incident is a matter of grave concern to us.

Radioactivity poses grave dangers to health and the environment.

hew

slice

trim

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And perhaps it will also be possible to trim administrative expenditure further in future.

whittle

batter

carve out

duff up

fell

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The actual catches, which are smaller than those permitted, fell to a quarter.

40679 We also made proposals which fell in line with fair competition.

Given that the principal amendment fell, it seems to me now that the second amendment should fall also.

hit

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This is where we hit a major problem.

17636 It is therefore women who have been hardest hit.

This is the first time that floods have hit our département.

The beef and veal sector has been doubly hit by disaster.

It is true that pigfarmers have been hit by an historic slump in prices.

mince

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I am still confused about the situation in relation to mince.

The various amendments on mince add to surveillance and traceability in the way we propose.

paukuttaa

pummel

rap

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In the meantime, it is nature that is taking the rap, as always.

sculpt

swipe

trounce

whoop