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A ..... lie is a minor, trivial fib that does not usually cause major problems.

When my husband and I got married, we had to go through a lot of ..... tape because I am a citizen of another country. These are bureaucratic procedures that one must go through in order to get approval from the government.

A ..... collar worker refers to someone who works in a position that relates to clerical, office-type work.

..... collar work refers to people who work in the manual labor field.

The ..... sheep of the family refers to someone who is different from his/her family members, and has disgraced them or their family name in some way.

During the recession, the government found that many large corporations were not in the ..... like they originally thought. They had been losing money for a long time and that's why so many of them went bankrupt.

The rookie is quite ..... so don't give him too many difficult tasks this week. He'll get more experience in time so you will have to carry most of the workload until he does.

Our mutual friend just got shown the ..... card yesterday. He was embezzling money and he was fired for it!

Wow, Steven sure has a ..... personality. He's so boring and hardly said anything to anyone at the party. What a bore!

I think Sam has a ..... streak. He won't stick up for you when you really need a friend because he is a coward.