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rake  Speak Example sentences
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a. having the supreme power lying in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them or characteristic of such government
n. a member of the Republican Party
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n. a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
n. a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
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n. a dissolute man in fashionable society
v. sweep the length of
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v. earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
v. expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass
reality  Speak Example sentences
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a. arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center
a. issuing in rays from a common center; relating to rays of light
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n. (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
n. the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed
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a. hurried and brief
ad. with little or no delay
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n. the state of being actual or real
n. the state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be
really  Speak Example sentences
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v. stock again
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v. censure severely or angrily
n. newspaper with half-size pages
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ad. in actual fact
ad. in accordance with truth or fact or reality
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a. damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless
a. very bad
recollect  Speak Example sentences
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ad. showing firm determination or purpose
ad. with firmness
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a. arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center
a. issuing in rays from a common center; relating to rays of light
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a. established or chartered or authorized by royalty
a. belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
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v. recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
refinery  Speak Example sentences
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ad. without taking pains
ad. with rapid movements
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n. an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance
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n. a dissolute man in fashionable society
v. sweep the length of
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n. a chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities; something (possibly a virus) triggers an attack on the synovium by the immune system, which releases cytokines that stimulate an inflammatory reaction that can lead to ...
regret  Speak Example sentences
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v. feel sad about the loss or absence of
v. express with regret
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n. an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance
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n. information that makes more forcible or convincing
n. a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission
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ad. without taking pains
ad. with rapid movements
relatively  Speak Example sentences
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a. executed or initiated by running
n. the act of administering or being in charge of something
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ad. in a relative manner; by comparison to something else
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n. the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church
n. capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire
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ad. in actual fact
ad. in accordance with truth or fact or reality
resolutely  Speak Example sentences
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a. produced or growing in extreme abundance
a. characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
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ad. showing firm determination or purpose
ad. with firmness
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v. censure severely or angrily
n. newspaper with half-size pages
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ad. without taking pains
ad. with rapid movements
response  Speak Example sentences
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a. deserving regret
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n. the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals
n. a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister
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v. stock again
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n. an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance
retell  Speak Example sentences
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n. compensation paid (to someone) for damages or losses or money already spent etc.
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n. one who is playfully mischievous
n. a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
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n. worthless material that is to be disposed of
v. attack strongly
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v. make into fiction
v. render verbally,