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Told with an unassuming, gentle simplicity that grows into an accumulating emotional power, the film manages to feel very small and specific while also vast and expansive.

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On an unassuming street in Cardiff, Ms Patton is lifting what looks like an ordinary drain cover in the road.

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Yet hundreds of years ago an unassuming patch of land in Dumbarton was the location for some of Scotland's darkest moments - as locals who had been accused of witchcraft were led there to be executed.

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When the first ball of the match pinged out of the middle of Wolvaardt's bat off to the cover boundary, it felt ominous and the unassuming but steely look of determination never left her face.

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One colleague was outraged to be sent a bill for £9 for a glass of hangover-busting orange juice and lemonade at an unassuming little restaurant in Kent.

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

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