pull something off, feat, dredge, huff, storm off

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"The Latvian woman dressed as a sex aid got more points than us. The Lithuanian incest twins got more points than us. The Hungarian woman who had only just realised that war is bad got more points than us."

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 storm

[NO OBJECT, WITH ADVERBIAL OF DIRECTION] Move angrily orforcefully in a specified direction:she burst into tears and stormed offhe stormed out of the house

Definition of huff in English:

verb

1[NO OBJECT] Blow out air loudly on account of exertion:he was huffing under a heavy loadI was huffing and puffing to keep up with him

2Express one’s feeling of petty annoyance:[WITH DIRECT SPEECH]: ‘Huh!’ Nanny huffed

pull something off

5

informal Succeed in achieving or winning somethingdifficult:he pulled off a brilliant first round win

Line breaks: dredge

Pronunciation: /drɛdʒ/

verb

[WITH OBJECT]

1Clear the bed of (a harbour, river, or other area of water) by scooping out mud, weeds, and rubbish with a dredge:the lower stretch of the river had been dredged(as noun dredging) the dredging and deepening of the canal

MORE EXAMPLE SENTENCES

1.1Bring up or clear (something) from a river, harbour, or other area of water with a dredge:mud was dredged out of the harbour[NO OBJECT]: they start to dredge for oysters in November

1.2(dredge something up) Bring somethingunwelcome and forgotten or obscure to people’sattention:I don’t understand why you had to dredge up thisstory

noun

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An apparatus for bringing up objects or mud from a river or seabed by scooping or dragging.

In this clip, former GE CEO Jack Welch talks to Bill Moyers in 2002 about why he believes cleaning up PCBs from the Hudson River "is just nuts." GE, which legally dumped PCBs into the Hudson over many years, claimed that the dredging would take decades. But, as of 2015, GE is about to complete its sixth and last year of removing PCBs, although environmental advocacy groups say the corporation should expand its work and more thoroughly cleanup the river.