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Anyone playing the tape would hear Michael Jackson crooning in the exact digital quality they would hear on a purchased Thriller tape.• It was suffocating to sit between those merit was like being a fox in a bog while hounds crooned on either bank.

Anyone playing the tape would hear Michael Jackson crooning in the exact digital quality they would hear on a purchased Thriller tape.• It was suffocating to sit between those merit was like being a fox in a bog while hounds crooned on either bank.

We hear her sobbing, lifting the baby up, crooning to it.• On the store speakers, Bing Crosby was crooning "White Christmas."

We hear her sobbing, lifting the baby up, crooning to it.• On the store speakers, Bing Crosby was crooning "White Christmas."

Normally you might supply a quick answer, followed by an example which you have thought up on the spur of the moment.

Nevertheless, even taking these points into consideration, we are persuaded that people had a tendency to initiate lawsuits on the spur of the moment, especially when inveigled to do so.

a tentative smile

a tentative smile

Albi knocked tentatively and entered.

Albi knocked tentatively and entered.

Evan's writing is very tentative.

Workers have reached a tentative agreement with management.• A coalition of the young and old might, from even the most tentative beginnings, grow into a formidable force.

grease sb's palm

to give someone money secretly so that they will make things happen in the way that you want

hey managed to pull off the deal without greasing any palms.

grease the wheels

He said nothing and kept his eyes downcast.• The photograph of her sitting on her own made her look lonely and downcast.

With downcast faces, they ate the simple dinner I had prepared.• "You mustn't be downcast" he said. "You can always try again."

On the day of the funeral, the mood in the house was glum.• Indeed, he had seemed quite glum.

We turned our faces glum to reaffirm the forced nature of this trip.