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deserted ADJ

I . desert1 [dıˈzɜːt] VB trans

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II . desert1 [dıˈzɜːt] VB intr

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desert
逃跑 táopǎo
desert
开小差 kāi xiǎochāi
▶ desertion [dıˈzɜːʃən] N

desert2 [ˈdezət] N

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But after receiving this payment, all but three hundred deserted.
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He found his friends had deserted him as fast as his bank balance, spent in his own words on slow horses and fast women.
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In a narrow valley between two peaks, they find a deserted city, apparently built by more-civilized previous generations of loonies.
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When the music stops, they are going to be like the organ grinder whose monkey deserted him.
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His form then deserted him once again, and he scored only two goals during the remainder of the season.
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In private life he was of a kind disposition, lively imagination, and possessed a cheerfulness that never deserted him.
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In the background sit homes once occupied but now deserted and lifeless.
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Poor women turned to breach of promise to win money to support an illegitimate child or after being deserted by a man with whom they had cohabited for years.
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Does the right of a deserted wife come within that subsection?
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Eventually after the war the village was deserted with all houses burnt-out.
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