I. adjective
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a vital/crucial/essential role
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Every member of the team has a vital role to play.
a vital/essential element (= necessary so that something can happen or exist )
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Her determination is a vital element of her success.
a vital/essential part (= an extremely important and necessary part )
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A ceasefire in the region is an essential part of any peace process.
an essential requirement
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Confidence is an essential requirement for success.
an essential/fundamental difference (= a very basic one )
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The fundamental differences between the two sides slowly emerged.
an essential/important item
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Salt was an important item in the Roman economy.
an important/essential characteristic
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An essential characteristic of good teaching is that it must create interest in the learner.
basic/essential vocabulary
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The book teaches you the basic vocabulary that you need to know when you're on holiday.
carrying out essential maintenance work
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Engineers are carrying out essential maintenance work on the main line to Cambridge.
essential imports
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The country had problems paying for its essential imports.
essential oil
essential/necessary/vital equipment
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A compass is essential equipment when hiking.
necessary/essential repairs
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The Council has agreed to carry out essential repairs to the fencing.
the bare essentials/necessities
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Her bag was light, packed with only the bare essentials.
the essential services (= the police, hospitals, fire service, and organizations that provide basic things such as water, gas, or electricity )
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the essential services
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■ ADVERB
absolutely
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This is going to be a long and difficult task; difficult, but in my view, absolutely essential .
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Painstaking accuracy was not absolutely essential to the needs of agriculture, however.
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But it is absolutely essential that these reforms are directed from within, according to the wishes of the Association's own members.
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One Systern now being scrutinized is absolutely essential for the proper wiring up of neurons in the brain of the developing fetus.
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Strong management commitment to the expert system project is absolutely essential .
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Bracing the right leg and hip during the backswing is absolutely essential .
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I am very grateful to you for your continuing support of this special second collection, which is absolutely essential at present.
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He stuck rigidly to his statement that what had been done was absolutely essential in the best interests of the children.
most
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Cleaners are the most essential , the most unseen, apparently the least powerful of modern capitalism's new working class.
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To us, this is the most essential idea you must carry with you during your search for a business partner.
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Green is the most essential colour in the garden, because without it other colours would be diminished.
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But they should be held to the barest and most essential minimum.
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The last is the most essential step of all.
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Here's our guide to the most essential .
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The most essential ticket punch of all is combat command.
so
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This is why a national lead is so essential .
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Can you take the peripatetic lifestyle that many entrepreneurs find so essential ?
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Egan's four-stage problem management model, so essential in basic training, is also regarded as applicable to management problems.
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Far more career plans reflected concerns for acquiring the strategy and related client skills so essential to advancement within the firm.
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An understanding of it is not so essential as that of the working of precedent.
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This was not so essential 40 years ago.
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It needs an elephant to explain why catalysts are so essential .
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We need to ask why meetings are so essential .
■ NOUN
characteristic
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To help the learner, complex examples should be reduced to the essential characteristics and differences emphasised.
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Within the sacred whole, change, subjectivity, and diversity are essential characteristics of the natural world.
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The essential characteristic of Byzantine dome construction is that such a dome is supported upon and covers a square form.
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There are four essential characteristics of the scientific method: 1.
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Constitutions there have certain essential characteristics , none of them found in Britain.
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But all these leaders share certain essential characteristics .
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The essential characteristics of national elections in the United States and Britain are contrasted in Table 5.1.
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The essential characteristics of those who work to create profit in return for wages have remained the same despite surface changes since Marx.
component
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It must be designed to constitute an essential component of those forces making for positive change in our country.
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Alternative Concepts of Accountability Public accountability is a essential component for the functioning of our political system.
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Mathematical and language skills unite in the understanding of logic and reasoning, an essential component of mature intelligence.
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A second essential component in all such programmes is winning over local people.
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The principle of exchange is urged as an essential component of the system.
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An essential component of any local management scheme is the staff training which precedes its introduction and continues throughout its operation.
difference
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This has led to the argument that there is no essential difference between debt and tax finance.
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The market-based economies and private ownership in Western democracies make an essential difference in the scope and application of the centralization concepts.
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The essential difference between single-step selection and cumulative selection is this.
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And in that there lies an essential difference between the painters and the poets here.
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The essential difference between free email and its paid for counterpart is that the email service is provided through a Web interface.
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Whether they made an essential difference is another story, but I tend to think that everything counts.
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Even so, there is one essential difference which is that the determinant factor is specified in advance of testing by economic theory.
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This is the essential difference between anthropology and Darwinism.
element
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An essential element is good communication between the people involved, particularly in those stages where responsibility is joint.
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They are an essential element in the management process and they provide the means of participation of various interests.
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Finding the right message for Clinton was an essential element in his ultimate success.
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These are essential elements in communication, and discourse is realized through them.
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Training in modern management practices is also an essential element of economic reform. 18.
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There are six essential elements of a valid lease: 1.
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But were the essential elements of first-degree murder present-malice and premeditation?
feature
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Electricity services are an essential feature of modern society.
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S summarizes the essential features of the time dependences incorporated into the study.
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This lets you connect two workstations to the card, and essential feature in a bus topology.
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At the heart of the difficulty of delineating clearly the essential features of the Constitution is its ever-changing nature.
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By stripping concrete objects of their less essential features , they become less involved and hence more amenable to mathematical treatment.
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The essential features of these books, as far as a student is concerned, are given in the table.
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An example might highlight the essential features of the system.
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He becomes one of the essential features of a good detective story-a victim whose death readers do not mourn.
information
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This book will provide essential information on parasitic helminth communities for all those involved and interested in parasitology and community ecology.
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Johns Manville suppressed research on the evidence and concealed essential information from its workers.
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Temporary leaflet only means of supplying essential information .
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Beyond this, the local studies collection in the public reference library will be a source of essential information .
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Furthermore, Picasso was anxious to present in each image as much essential information about the subject as he could.
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The solution displays all the essential information on depths, times and decompression requirements.
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Each candidate is issued with a quality, custom designed file which contains the course programme and essential information .
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This is fairly essential information to have.
ingredient
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Wait, though; didn't we encounter the same essential ingredients in the quiche?
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The tasks of selecting, evaluating, rewarding, and even terminating subordinates are essential ingredients of position power.
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An essential ingredient of this is the ability to categorise each patient by disease type or treatment group.
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We believe emotional support is an essential ingredient for every laboring woman.
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The intimacy between couples who take an interest in each other is an essential ingredient of a lasting marriage.
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Happy Market, a glossary with color images of essential ingredients .
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Suitable source rocks, the remaining essential ingredient for a petroleum prospect, are expected but have yet to be proved.
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The unions claim that contented, well-paid workers are an essential ingredient of productivity, and so they are.
part
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Careful instruction in the use of metered dose inhalers is an essential part of educating asthmatic patients.
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From the start, the physical setting was an essential part of the Black Mountain experience.
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The structure of levels was an essential part of the National Curriculum from its inception.
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She considers thin distinction between the pure and the impure an essential part of social order.
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Cristofori and Walter Both the action of Cristofori and that of Walter have four essential parts .
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People left essential parts of themselves on the shore.
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Sachs J said that mens rea was an essential part of this type of manslaughter.
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One explanation is that dreaming is an essential part of our adaptation to the demands of the world we face.
point
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The essential point is that real interest rates effectively determine the cost of housing to the homebuyer.
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Where should you put that ill-fitting but essential point ?
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His deceptively simple judgments dealt only with the essential points , stated the law tersely and clearly, and rarely provoked dissent.
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This is an essential point to which I return in the concluding chapter.
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Summarize your essential points on one page.
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This raises a subtle but essential point .
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Just the essential points - not an essay! 2.
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His essential point , that those who hold information hold power, is absolutely correct.
role
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We all have an essential role in this.
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Give major credit to Christopher for helping guide the president in that essential role .
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Government can play an essential role as a catalyst and in establishing the framework in which successful technology transfer can be achieved.
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I believe that they provide one pointer, indicating a certain essential role for quantum mechanics in the understanding of mental phenomena.
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These topics are important, but instrumental analytical chemistry plays an essential role in analysis these days and needs better coverage.
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Both therefore see special educational provision as having an essential role to play in bringing about changes in mainstream education.
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Even more important, major services play an essential role in conditioning the quality of labour in the so-called market sector.
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The majority of such theories are concerned only with those economies in which money does not play an essential role .
service
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Public policy should redistribute income and subsidise, if not deliver directly, essential services such as education and health.
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Government finances are strained to the hilt dealing with essential services .
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Only islanders and essential services are allowed to bring vehicles on to Iona.
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Disaster-relief loans like those following the Northridge Earthquake are still being made because they are considered essential services .
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Whitehall officials have encountered difficulties in deciding which essential services to include.
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What essential services have to be provided and what essential investments have to be made?
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In the capital, Buenos Aires, urban transport was seriously hit but essential services were maintained.
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The essential services have no statutory right of entry unless there is an emergency.
work
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A good deal of essential work has been carried out.
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The essential work of the administrative structure is the implementation of policy.
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The fragility of those relationships underlines the essential work done by the charity.
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Moreover they could always use family labour or import casual labour to carry out any essential work .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Calcium is essential for the development of healthy teeth and bones.
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If you're going hiking in the mountains, a decent pair of boots is essential .
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If you're going walking in the mountains, strong boots are essential .
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It's essential that you wear protective clothing in this area.
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It is essential that the oil is checked every 10,000 km.
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It is essential to read any document carefully before you sign it.
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The essential difference between this class and other French classes is that this is intended for business people.
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The essential point is that you both need to treat each other with much more respect.
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The layer of fat on the baby seal's body is essential to its survival.
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The tourist industry is now acknowledged as an essential part of the Spanish economy.
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What is the essential difference between these two books?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A second essential component in all such programmes is winning over local people.
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But Silber and the others have identified one essential ingredient: abhorrence for the status quo.
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Cleaners are the most essential , the most unseen, apparently the least powerful of modern capitalism's new working class.
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In undermining the notion of essential truth, however, Nietzsche also undermines the notion of an essential self.
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Quick personal decisions are essential for success in an entrepreneurial business.
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The structure of levels was an essential part of the National Curriculum from its inception.
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They consider that an exchange of information on this problem is an essential prerequisite.
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This follow-up is essential in ward teaching, but poor facilities often make it difficult to achieve without interruption.
II. noun
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■ ADJECTIVE
bare
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Learn how to distil large quantities of information into their bare essentials . 7.
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Reduced to the bare essentials , the divergent internal performance patterns looked like the figure on page 264.
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Despite a lifestyle stripped to the bare essentials , they are also some of the most visually arresting animals in the desert.
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Leg infantry has to carry every item they will need, and that means only the barest of essentials .
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Her bag was light now, only packed with the bare essentials .
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Yet Gloria herself never seemed to hold on to more than the bare essentials that they had in their two paper carriers.
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Now, she was stripped down to the bare essentials of her person, trying to deal with her knowledge.
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But even with only the barest essentials , the list is as long as my arm.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The budget provides money for food, transportation, and other essentials.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But also, the principle of parsimony should be used to keep the research down to essentials.
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Her bag was light now, only packed with the bare essentials.
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In any conference or special event there are certain essentials.
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Leg infantry has to carry every item they will need, and that means only the barest of essentials.
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Now it was down to essentials.
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She had packed two cases with clothes, towels and essentials.