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01u00A lot of determination02u00 would be more commonly said.02br
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01cite10Clive12cite10Hi, 12br
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10I agree, but I think 'heap' is a particularly good word here, because they are indeed 'heaping' those sandbags. 12br
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0Ha, Philip, it seems like that I get what did you mean. In Chinese, we do have a name for such a usage of words. I do not know how to say it in English. But it should be something like one stone for two birds. 01blockquote

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0 "Heap" has a somewhat countrified flavor to it. You wouldn't, for example, read that wealthy Manhattan socialites had collected a "heap" of donations for a new art museum. Is Storybook City a small town? 0-

0I think so. You do not know it? It is a city of USA with the floods problem. 01blockquote

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0 Okay, I googled this and it turns out "Storybook" is being used as an adjective (a noun used as an adjective, whatever that's called - I am 01i00not02i00 a grammarian) to describe the city of Clarksville, Missouri, which is really a small town. The headline implies that Clarksville is small, quaint, and charming, like something described and/or illustsrated in a children