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We can't go very fast near the earth, of course, as the friction of the air would melt the whole works in a few minutes.

If that isn't enough to pull us clear, we'll have to give her the whole works and let her ramble by herself after we all go out.

Welton and I will turn over the whole works to you, lock, stock and barrel, for two years.

Running this big world must be quite a job, but every man who talks politics thinks himself capable of bossing the whole works.

But the wing tip didn't quite catch and grab on the ground to pile up the whole works in a heap.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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