Understatement
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To say he wasn't successful would be an
understatement
, as the plot requires a huge stretch of the imagination and the murders that happen early on never get anything in the way of an explanation.
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So to say that the public education system in Bertie County is struggling would be a huge
understatement.
To say that we faced high doses of skepticism in those early years is just a huge understatement, but we were so convinced that we might be able to make this work that we chipped away with incremental modifications to this system.
And, "He noticed a large stain in the center of the rug." (Laughter) So, there's a kind of British understatement, murder-mystery theme that I really love very much.
To use the word "bad" would be perhaps the
understatement
of the year.
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