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Posted by Kathaab on December 09, 2003

hi,
need to know the meaning to the following phrases, could you give examples?..Thank you.

1.The Orwellian qualities.

2.en masse.

3.witch-hunt.

4.to shore up its position.

5.veggie libel.

6.clean-cut couple.

7.her biggest hold on fame.

8.has come full circle.

9.trail-blazing female.

10.lurch into

11.booby-traped assignment.

12.spelled out red lines.

13.trotted out some cold war rhetoric.

14.you don't poke a lion.

15.calling the shots in the current crises.

16.to fend off someone.

17.grinding down his economy.

18.to worked the phones.

19.de facto

20.to gobble something up and move on