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saw  Speak Example sentences
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n. a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
v. cut with a saw
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a. expressing extreme contempt
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a. very unhappy; full of misery
n. misery resulting from affliction
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n. a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
v. distribute loosely
scornful  Speak Example sentences
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n. a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
v. distribute loosely
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n. informal terms for money
v. sweeten with sugar
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a. expressing extreme contempt
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n. a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer
n. something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake
sea  Speak Example sentences
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n. the ability to meet maturing obligations as they come due
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n. anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume
n. turbulent water with swells of considerable size
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n. a score in American football; a player is tackled behind his own goal line
n. a device designed to prevent injury or accidents
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n. the rattling noise produced when snoring
n. the act of snoring or producing a snoring sound
search  Speak Example sentences
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n. term of address for a man
n. a title used before the name of knight or baronet
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n. the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
n. the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
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n. precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
n. a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground
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v. search or seek
v. try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
selfish  Speak Example sentences
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a. concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others
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n. precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
n. a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground
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n. a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
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a. not known before
a. relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world
shape  Speak Example sentences
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ad. to a sufficient degree
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ad. with low volume
ad. used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly
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n. the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
v. shape or influence; give direction to
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n. the rattling noise produced when snoring
n. the act of snoring or producing a snoring sound
small  Speak Example sentences
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ad. with low volume
ad. used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly
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n. a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character
n. the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection)
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n. a storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds
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n. the slender part of the back
a. slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope
snake  Speak Example sentences
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ad. without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly')
ad. in music
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n. informal terms for money
v. sweeten with sugar
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a. concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others
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n. a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer
n. something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake
snore  Speak Example sentences
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n. the rattling noise produced when snoring
n. the act of snoring or producing a snoring sound
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n. a restraint that checks the motion of something
n. a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
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ad. without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly')
ad. in music
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n. the slender part of the back
a. slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope
softly  Speak Example sentences
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n. the slender part of the back
a. slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope
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n. the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
v. shape or influence; give direction to
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n. a condition or position in which you find yourself
n. the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
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ad. with low volume
ad. used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly