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• Lord of the Flies
  1. (1954) a novel by William GOLDING about a group of boys living on a DESERT ISLAND (= a small island with no people living on it) after a plane accident. At first they work together and help each other, but soon they become cruel and violent towards each other.
• as the crow flies (adverb)
  1. by the shortest and most direct route
• drop like flies (verb)
  1. rapidly collapse, die, or drop out in large numbers
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