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babysitter  Speak Example sentences
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sharp and bitter manner
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a person engaged in caring for children when the parents are not home
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an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements
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grow forth; send out buds; grow or develop rapidly
ban  Speak Example sentences
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official prohibition; decree that prohibits something
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have legs that curve outward at the knees
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the occasion for excessive eating or drinking; complete failure; sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
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kindly; favorable; not malignant
basin  Speak Example sentences
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drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
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praying for divine protection; a formal act of giving approval
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the bowl-shaped vessel, usually used for holding food or liquids
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think long and anxiously;  be in a state of gloomy, serious thought
bead  Speak Example sentences
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good friend; comrade; partner, especially one of a pair or team
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small piece of material, such as glass, plastic, or wood that is pierced for stringing
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creek; a small stream
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something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
beak  Speak Example sentences
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cleverness; great skill or intelligence
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obstacle; structure built to bar passage; boundary or limit
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nib; the horny projecting mouth of a bird
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cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
beneath  Speak Example sentences
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small piece of material, such as glass, plastic, or wood that is pierced for stringing
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a piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction
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grow forth; send out buds; grow or develop rapidly
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lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; below
boost  Speak Example sentences
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drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
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something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
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raise; advance; push or shove upward
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harsh or corrosive in tone; painful; acrid; acrimonious
bore  Speak Example sentences
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air that is inhaled and exhaled in respiration
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shut eyes briefly; wink
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drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
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edge, margin, or border of a steep place verge
brace  Speak Example sentences
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something which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly, as bandage, cord, or rod
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good friend; comrade; partner, especially one of a pair or team
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cleverness; great skill or intelligence
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harsh or corrosive in tone; painful; acrid; acrimonious
breath  Speak Example sentences
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air that is inhaled and exhaled in respiration
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drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
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cleverness; great skill or intelligence
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grow forth; send out buds; grow or develop rapidly