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  • r  in a light-hearted manner
    he light-heartedly overlooks some of the basic facts of life

  • Five minutes after he left his room in the Grande Hotel do Porto a bomb was light-heartedly tossed in at the window by a passing insurrectionist.
  • Returning to Moscow a hero, he enraged such serious-minded Communists as Lenin and Trotsky by light-heartedly dragging off to his bed and board a lady undeniably fair but old .
  • Therefore interest centred upon secret proposals made by the Fhrer last week and secretly discussed by anxious statesmen in Paris while crowds light-heartedly cheered Their .
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  • Stirling Mortlock in Marlborough Express
    They've brought out a really physical pack,Mortlock said. "We are by no means taking this game light-heartedly at all. The Springboks have always had dominant, massive forward packs, but this one, in particular, is the biggest and most...
  • Klaus Kleinfeld in International Herald Tribune
    We are interested in getting to the facts, but getting to all of the facts,Kleinfeld said during an interview. "We are talking about things that are important, that we can't take light-heartedly."
  • Alan Combe in Sportinglife.com
    I've always had banter with the Hearts fans,said Combe. "I had been taking some abuse, but I always take it light-heartedly. We had just lost a goal so I turned round and kissed my jersey. I didn't make any gestures. The referee just needs...

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