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词汇 example_english_grim-reminder
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grim reminder

collocation in English

meanings of grimand reminder


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grim
adjective
uk /ɡrɪm/ us /ɡrɪm/
extremely bad, worrying, or ...
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reminder
noun
uk /rɪˈmaɪn.dər/ us /rɪˈmaɪn.dɚ/
a written or spoken message that reminds someone to ...
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Examples of grim reminder


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We all know, do we not, the grimreminder on an income tax return that late payment of income tax can attract interest.
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They care only for profit and this terrible tragedy is a grimreminder of that.
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Those organised groups do not care about human safety; they care only for profit and this appalling tragedy is a grimreminder of that.
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Hansard archive

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They were a grimreminder to us of how thin is the veneer of civilisation in some of our territories.
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This is a grimreminder that problems of pollution are no longer confined to fresh water.
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The autumn of 2000 provided a grimreminder of the misery that serious flooding can cause.
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Those empty factories are a constant and grimreminder of the lost jobs.
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Wrecked cars usually remained in place for long periods of time, providing a grimreminder of the dangers of the highway.
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But the story does not read at all as a grimreminder of how people would rather hear sweet fiction than sour fact.
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Their story is a grimreminder of all those lives caught up in no mans land.
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