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Discover LudwigThe phrase "adding flesh" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the process of elaborating or providing more detail to an idea or concept.
Example: "In order to make the presentation more engaging, we need to focus on adding flesh to the main points."
Alternatives: "fleshing out" or "elaborating on".
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Merlot, he added, serves as a great complement, adding flesh and bass notes.
Get the bones of the whole text before you start adding flesh — otherwise you might be creating a monster.
It's close to being Top Gear re-imagined through the scarlet lens of Marxist values, in which Guevara utterly out-Clarksons Clarkson himself, adding flesh, heart and pumping blood to Korda's two-dimensional icon.
Mr. Foster and Ms. Goodman, dressed by Marina Draghici to resemble refugees from an exotic deck of playing cards, are faced with the difficult challenge of adding flesh to their cardboard-cutout characters.
Again, by doing this you're adding flesh to your bare bones.
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Add flesh to bowl and mash coarsely with a fork.
The effect was to put added flesh on Mr. Obama's broader message of change and hope.
Where it isn't, the birthplace address can add flesh to the bare-boned detail of the certificate.
At such points, "Derrida" adds flesh to the icon, gently highlighting a quality attributable to many intellectuals: vanity.
Hersch writes lean and sharp tunes, and the horns add flesh and color to standouts like "A Riddle Song," "Black Dog Pays a Visit," and "A Lark".
Anti-discrimination conventions for people of colour, women, children, gay and lesbians add flesh, blood and sex to the pale outline of the "human".
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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