British war censors became convinced that James Joyce had written it in spy code. It was confiscated and burned, but men and women went to extraordinary lengths to smuggle it into Britain and America
As the world’s largest landlocked country and surrounded by a sea of authoritarianism, Kazakhstan goes to extraordinary lengths to put itself on the map
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go to extraordinary lengths. To make a great effort. Alternative forms[edit]. go to great lengths.
put someone/something on the map
to make someone or something famous
seance
/ˈseɪɒns,ˈseɪɒ̃s,ˈseɪɑːns/
noun
- a meeting at which people attempt to make contact with the dead, especially through the agency of a medium.
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