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an Aladdin's cave (British) a place that contains many interesting or valuable objects. We found a shop that was a real Aladdin's cave of beautiful antiques. (often + of) the roof caves/falls in (American) if the roof caves in, something very bad suddenly happens to you. For the first six years of my life I was happy. Then my father died and the roof caved in. cave in (to someone/something) to agree to something after originally opposing it. If the pressure from your parents becomes too strong, you might cave in and go to graduate school. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of cave in (= to suddenly fall inward) |
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Below left, exhibits at the cavers are designed to resemble the cave interior itself. Furthermore, whereas the obsession with thinness is seen as "normal" for a woman, a man's preoccupation with his body is seen as an abnormal identification with the feminine (McVittie, Cavers, & Hepworth, 2005). Even the hair and skin cells shed by the occasional caver provide a source of nutrition for cave bacteria, says Boston. |
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