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There are some respites from the training, the running and marching, the room full of tear gas, the dead man’s float test, the hand-to-hand combat, the flower planting.

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"That was the first time I teared up over it," she said.

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In a later scene, her voice breaks, and she wells up in tears, when she recalls how Sir David stepped in to help her business out.

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He told the BBC he does not want to "tear down" human rights laws, but backs changing how international law is interpreted to stop unsuccessful asylum seekers blocking their deportation.

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During her first trip to a supermarket, she was unable to tear herself away from the bread aisle - and the sights and smells of so much plenty.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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