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I didn't want to dampen the enthusiasm, but the approved budget is $15,000.
If you have come to dampen the mood...
It tends to dampen the mood.
There's a violent predator out there?
You dampen the paper and char it, then use it to shape the piece.
Enough to dampen the soil or it'll lose its colour.
You dampen the paper and char it, then use it to shape the piece.
The fact that euro area firms» profitability was largely unaffected by the financial market turmoil probably helped to dampen the overall decline observed in the second half of 2007.

He had to cancel the performance.
That was quite the performance yesterday.
The playwright doesn't make the performance.
The performance enhancers aren't ready.
I'm busy preparing for the performance.
But we're about to hurt the feelings Of this Italian opera singer By prematurely dropping the curtain on his performance.
Improving the performance of business resource centres is important also.
It hurt so, I didn't think I'd get through the performance.