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‘the past’ could be deleted without any loss of sense
You might envision a better life for yourself
The first means in flower, the second radiating light
An allegory is an extended metaphor
It should be lower case
Continuous indicates an uninterrupted sequence
Such undertakings are almost always futile
You claim something that you wish to call your own
Cement is a constituent of concrete, which also contains sand, gravel and crushed rock
Those who gather for purposes of revelry are celebrators
For something to burgeon, it must be new
At all events, they are quite different substances
Bottlenecks, even figurative ones, don’t grow
It is perhaps enough to say that it is very common and it is always wrong
A single organism is a bacterium
They do not make judgements
And that’s all there is to it
Strictly, aggravate means to make a bad situation worse
A more precise word can almost always be found
All planning must be done in advance