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    ill afford

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    A2
    v.t./i.Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)To be unable to do something because it would cause problems.
    We can ill afford to lose any more time on this project.

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    The Power of Simplicity

    02:49The Power of Simplicity
    • There's no point wasting time we can ill afford on those who can't non-defensively say, "I love you," with clothes that we can't keep clean, with books we can't understand, and

      There's no point wasting time we can ill afford on those who can't non-defensively say, "I love you," with clothes that we can't keep clean, with books we can't understand, and

    • There's no point wasting time we can ill afford on those who can't non-defensively say, "I love you." With clothes that we can't keep clean, with books we can't understand, and with crowded days heavy with panic and meaningless challenges, we finally lose our terror of coming across as a simpleton and a yokel. We'll be properly mature, properly sophisticated even.

      There's no point wasting time we can ill afford on those who can't non-defensively say, "I love you." With clothes that we can't keep clean, with books we can't understand, and with crowded days heavy with panic and meaningless challenges, we finally lose our terror of coming across as a simpleton and a yokel. We'll be properly mature, properly sophisticated even.

    B1

    The Mistake 90% of People Make in Dating

    05:44The Mistake 90% of People Make in Dating
    • But this is a game we can, in the end, ill afford.

      But this is a game we can, in the end, ill afford.

    • But this is a game we can, in the end, ill afford.

      But this is a game we can, in the end, ill afford.

    B1

    “Where Are All The Good Men At?”

    14:05“Where Are All The Good Men At?”
    • But this is a game we can, in the end, ill afford.

      But this is a game we can, in the end, ill afford.

    • But this is a game we can in the end ill afford it is not love if you need to keep messaging and they rarely reply.

      But this is a game we can in the end ill afford it is not love if you need to keep messaging and they rarely reply.

    B1

    The Call of the Wild Audiobook by Jack London

    32:24The Call of the Wild Audiobook by Jack London
    • With four hundred miles of trail still between him and Dawson, he could ill afford to have madness break out among his dogs.

      With four hundred miles of trail still between him and Dawson, he could ill afford to have madness break out among his dogs.

    • With four hundred miles of trail still between him and Dawson, he could ill afford

      With four hundred miles of trail still between him and Dawson, he could ill afford

    B2