I. noun
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even
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Confusion seems to reign in many areas of your life at present, so try to get on an even keel .
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So when we got up here, I was really enjoying sort of keeping things on an even keel at home.
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Others may yearn for life on a more even keel but they do not feel entitled to it.
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I was supposed to be a caretaker, charged with setting the branch back on an even keel .
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That Nigel was on an even keel again was a double comfort.
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In Chapter 11, companies' management usually remains in place while the company tries to get back on an even keel .
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By the time the taxi had delivered them to the restaurant Fabia was feeling on more of an even keel .
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Then maybe they are on an even keel .
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At the same time, the keel can be reinforced with extra pieces of spare fabric, and eyelets riveted in place.
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But then he wasn't carrying tons of lead on a keel that had to be dragged through the water.
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Had the peak risen up from the waters and punctured the keel , thereby skewering the vessel in place?
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I was supposed to be a caretaker, charged with setting the branch back on an even keel .
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So when we got up here, I was really enjoying sort of keeping things on an even keel at home.
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These bronze fastenings protrude through the keel and would have secured the main station frames of the hull.
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These two kept her on an even keel .
II. verb
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■ ADVERB
over
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Once Muzzy Izzet had rounded off a neatly worked equaliser the Second Division side might have been expected to keel over .
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Truly I would keel over in spasms of exquisite nostalgia.
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His momentum carried him as far as the launcher and with out-thrust foot he sent it keeling over on to its side.
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The worker on the ladder looks as if he is ready to keel over from exhaustion.
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Frighten or surprise one and it will stiffen and keel over in what appears to be a dead faint.
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She hated him, hated him, her respect and breathless excitement keeling over under the weight of her rage and humiliation.
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It would allow him to go quietly in his sleep or keel over happily on the fourth green.
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Frighten or surprise one and it will stiffen and keel over in what appears to be a dead faint.
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His momentum carried him as far as the launcher and with out-thrust foot he sent it keeling over on to its side.
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It would allow him to go quietly in his sleep or keel over happily on the fourth green.
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Once Muzzy Izzet had rounded off a neatly worked equaliser the Second Division side might have been expected to keel over.
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She hated him, hated him, her respect and breathless excitement keeling over under the weight of her rage and humiliation.
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The worker on the ladder looks as if he is ready to keel over from exhaustion.
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Truly I would keel over in spasms of exquisite nostalgia.