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  • 31rotten to the core — mod. really bad. (See also rotten apple.) □ That lousy punk is rotten to the core. □ The entire administration is rotten to the core …

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  • 32rotten — see the rotten apple injures its neighbour small choice in rotten apples soon ripe, soon rotten …

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  • 33rotten — adjective (rottener, rottenest) 1》 suffering from decay. 2》 corrupt. 3》 informal very bad or unpleasant. adverb informal very much: your mother spoiled you rotten. Phrases rotten apple informal a corrupt person in a group, regarded as capable of… …

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  • 34rotten to the core — {adj. phr.} 1. Thoroughly decayed or spoiled. * /This apple is inedible; it is brown and soft and rotten to the core./ 2. In total moral collapse. * /The Communist government of Cuba is rotten to the core./ …

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  • 35rotten to the core — {adj. phr.} 1. Thoroughly decayed or spoiled. * /This apple is inedible; it is brown and soft and rotten to the core./ 2. In total moral collapse. * /The Communist government of Cuba is rotten to the core./ …

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  • 36apple — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ sweet ▪ sharp, sour, tart ▪ Add some sugar to the stewed apple it s still a little tart. ▪ juicy ▪ …

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  • 37apple — noun 1》 the rounded fruit of a tree of the rose family, with green or red skin and crisp flesh. 2》 the tree which bears apples. [Genus Malus: numerous cultivated forms.] 3》 used in names of similar unrelated fruits, e.g. custard apple. Phrases… …

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  • 38rotten\ to\ the\ core — adj. phr. 1. thoroughly decayed or spoiled. This apple is inedible; it is brown and soft and rotten to the core. 2. In total moral collapse. The Communist government of Cuba is rotten to the core …

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  • 39rotten — adj. Rotten is used with these nouns: ↑apple, ↑deal, ↑egg, ↑food, ↑fruit, ↑luck, ↑meat, ↑mood, ↑plank, ↑timber, ↑tomato, ↑tooth, ↑ …

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  • 40(a) bad apple — one bad person in a group of people who are good. You ll find the occasional rotten apple in every organization …

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