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Old 10-Feb-2007, 12:51
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Default Re: bent-on-one-thing eyes.
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Originally Posted by Tdol View Post
The eyes of an obssessive, who had only one objective
- I couldn't improve on this. It's worth pointing out that the not-very-common word 'bent' (that is, not very common with this meaning - "having a focus on/meaning to/having a (strong) intention to'") tends to be used in collocations that involve something bad - 'bent on mischief', 'Hell-bent'...

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