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tactful  Speak Example sentences
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ad. in the way indicated
ad. (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
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ad. of or concerning this or that
ad. from that circumstance or source
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a. showing skill and sensitivity in dealing with people
a. having or showing a sense of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others
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n. the amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time
n. the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time
tanker  Speak Example sentences
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n. a person who inspires fear or dread
n. declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another
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n. a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk
n. a soldier who drives a tank
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n. radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution
v. ride at a trot
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v. provide (a passport) with a visa
v. approve officially
teacher  Speak Example sentences
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n. a personified abstraction that teaches
n. a person whose occupation is teaching
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n. extreme mental distress
n. a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented
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n. a very large person; impressive in size or qualities
n. any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head
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n. a difficult or awkward situation
n. an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
thereof  Speak Example sentences
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n. the ability to speak
n. expressing in coherent verbal form
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n. the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees
ad. toward the west
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n. extreme mental distress
n. a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented
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ad. of or concerning this or that
ad. from that circumstance or source
thinking  Speak Example sentences
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n. radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution
v. ride at a trot
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v. touch or rub constantly
v. lacerate by biting
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n. a true statement
n. a fact that has been verified
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n. the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
a. endowed with the capacity to reason
threat  Speak Example sentences
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n. the body of faculty and students at a university
n. establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching
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n. a person who inspires fear or dread
n. declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another
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n. a difficult or awkward situation
n. an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
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n. the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
a. endowed with the capacity to reason
today  Speak Example sentences
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n. additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
n. (law) an affidavit attached to a statement confirming the truth of that statement
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v. exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data
v. cover with whitewash
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ad. in these times
n. the day that includes the present moment (as opposed to yesterday or tomorrow)
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n. the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees
ad. toward the west
torment  Speak Example sentences
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ad. of or concerning this or that
ad. from that circumstance or source
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n. extreme mental distress
n. a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented
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n. an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
n. an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
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v. exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data
v. cover with whitewash
turn  Speak Example sentences
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n. the body of faculty and students at a university
n. establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching
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a. friendly and open and willing to talk
a. full of trivial conversation
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n. the ability to speak
n. expressing in coherent verbal form
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v. channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something
v. cause to move around or rotate
uproar  Speak Example sentences
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n. loud confused noise from many sources
n. a state of commotion and noise and confusion
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ad. in an attentive manner
a. affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow
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n. the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River
n. the direction corresponding to the westward cardinal compass point
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n. a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it