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deep down

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deep down
if you know or feel something deep down, you are certain that it is true or you feel it strongly although you do not admit it or show it. Deep down, she knew that what she was doing was wrong. He tried to convince himself that he was enjoying his job, but deep down he was really miserable.
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deep down
strongly felt. Deep down, she knew that she had cheated her friend and it was wrong.
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But he drilled deep down, and blasted all my reason out of me
I evolved this sage reflection, as, lost deep down in the green alleys of the dingle, having fortified the romantic side of my nature with sandwiches and sherry, I lazily put the question to myself as to what manner of girl I expected the Golden Girl to be.
For many thousands of generations he had been away from it; yet, deep down in the crypts of being, tied about and wrapped up in every muscle and nerve of him, was the indelible record of the days in the wild when dim ancestors had run with the pack and at the same time developed the pack and themselves.
 
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