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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a grease" is not commonly used in written English and may not be considered correct in most contexts.
It can be used when referring to a specific type of grease, such as in a technical or culinary context, but it is more common to use "grease" without the article.
Example: "Make sure to apply a grease that is suitable for high temperatures."
Alternatives: "some grease" or "a type of grease".
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A Grease quiff?
A grease fire in the inglenook!
"That place is a grease factory".
Nobody likes to empty a grease trap.
Dangin grabbed a grease pencil off the wall.
"He died on a grease run," Nick said.
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"Auto repair is no longer a grease-monkey industry.
(There are lapses: a grease-sensitive type inadvertently commits a massacre at Popeye's).
Aaron leads on his snowboard, a grease-stained North Face down jacket strapped to his pack.
From the rotisserie, in a grease-proof bag.
The ancient Egyptians used honey in a grease-honey-lint dressing to put on infected wounds.
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