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hollow-cheeked

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hollow-cheeked [ˌhɒləʊˈtʃiːkt] ADJde mejillas hundidas
hollow-cheeked [ˌhɒləʊˈtʃiːkt] adjdalle guance incavate


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The popular image of the hollow-cheeked rider sitting down to a lunch of low-fat lettuce leaf with a side order of bacon-flavoured fresh air is one that won't go away any time soon, but that didn't stop leading nutritionist Julia Scott-Douglas from compiling a guide that sets out to change attitudes to food within the profession.
Then there was an item on the television news about the 90th anniversary of the end of the First World War, with the often-used harrowing footage of trench warfare and grim-faced, hollow-cheeked troops, probably no older than Firstborn, trudging through the mud.
But after months of being used as a "punchbag" and having his curly blonde hair shaved off he became dead-eyed, hollow-cheeked and unrecognisable.
 
 
 
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