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Third person singular of elude
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All right, driving on fast roads still eludes me – but one day.
"Sampi rarely faces the camera; her gaze eludes us, but her strength and wilfulness jump off the screen," wrote the Seattle Times.
But now, in the most propitious of circumstances, they were unable to go one better and claim the parliamentary seat which still eludes them.
You can buy malt extract in nearly all health food stores and some larger supermarkets, but if it eludes you, use 2 tbsp soft light brown sugar and a splash more water instead.
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They are doing their job as representatives: persuading people, speaking their language, garnering their trust.So in their irrational hatred for a man who thrice achieved a level of popular approbation a parliamentary majority that still eludes David Cameron, commentators are missing an important point: the more UKIP's star rises, the more Westminster needs a hefty dose of Tony Blair.
He aimed to bring Westminster-style politics to Japan, with opposing parties competing for power rather than factions slugging it out within the eternal LDP.Though decisiveness still eludes Japanese politics, without that reform the DPJ might never have succeeded in driving the LDP so firmly from power in 2009.
To help its electrical equipment cope with the north's wild swings in current, it had to order a voltage stabiliser not seen in the south since the 1980s.In escaping to the south, Mr Lee achieved a personal reunification that still eludes his country as a whole.
Each time his heroine gets near her prey, he eludes her at the last moment.
That dream still eludes him, as the anti-immigrant Northern League remains determinedly independent.
These include not only the perseverance that kept him tramping through the slough of despond when others might have given up, but also a nimble and well-stocked mind, an approachable manner on the stump and the big prize that eludes Mr Romney a palpable sincerity.
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