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Chain Chained Prevent Refer Feelings Duties Break Habit

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You can refer to feelings and duties which prevent you from doing what you want to do as c_____ .You can refer to feelings and duties which prevent you from doing what you want to do as chains .
He had to break right now the chains of habit that bound him to the present.
word chain
full-definition
noun
A chain consists of metal rings connected together in a line.
His open shirt revealed a fat gold chain.
The dogs were leaping and growling at the full stretch of their chains.
If prisoners are in chains, they have thick rings of metal round their wrists or ankles to prevent them from escaping .
He'd spent four and a half years in windowless cells, much of the time in chains.
You can refer to feelings and duties which prevent you from doing what you want to do as chains .
He had to break right now the chains of habit that bound him to the present.
A chain of things is a group of them existing or arranged in a line.
...a chain of islands known as the Windward Islands.
Students tried to form a human chain around the parliament.
A chain of shops, hotels, or other businesses is a number of them owned by the same person or company.
...a large supermarket chain.
...Italy's leading chain of cinemas.
A chain of events is a series of them happening one after another.
...the bizarre chain of events that led to his departure in January 1938.
verb
If a person or thing is chained to something, they are fastened to it with a chain.
The dog was chained to the leg of the one solid garden seat.
She chained her bike to the railings.
Some demonstrators chained themselves to railings inside the court building.
We were sitting together in our cell, chained to the wall.
I'll lock the doors and chain you up.
They kept me chained up every night and released me each day.
All the rowing boats were chained up.
inflections chainschainingchained
cefr-level B2

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2

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