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tackle  Speak Example sentences
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lack of self-confidence or courage
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guide; give individual instruction
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one of the two small circles of the celestial sphere, situated on each side of the equator, and parallel to it; hot and humid place
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apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; stopping an opposing player carrying the ball
tame  Speak Example sentences
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capable of being held, maintained, or defended, as against an assailant or objector, or against attempts to take or process
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flow in drops; run or flow slowly; drip
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domesticated; very restrained or quiet; make less strong or intense; soften
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tax on goods coming into a country
tar  Speak Example sentences
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sailor or seaman; thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal
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tiresome by reason of length, slowness, or dullness; progressing very slowly
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slight but noticeable partiality; line or surface that departs from the vertical
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having no tone; unmusical.
temperament  Speak Example sentences
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small electronic device containing a semiconductor and having at least three electrical contacts
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act of treating for the adjustment of differences; negotiation
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relating to or caused by heat; designed to help retain heat
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person's normal manner of thinking, behaving or reacting; tendency to become irritable or angry
tenable  Speak Example sentences
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capable of being held, maintained, or defended, as against an assailant or objector, or against attempts to take or process
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small electronic device containing a semiconductor and having at least three electrical contacts
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hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
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clip; cut down to the desired size or shape
textile  Speak Example sentences
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person's normal manner of thinking, behaving or reacting; tendency to become irritable or angry
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ban or inhibition resulting from social custom or emotional aversion; prohibition
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pour, as liquid, out of one vessel into another; transfer by pouring
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cloth; fabric
thereby  Speak Example sentences
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thus; accordingly; by that means; because of that
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open and shut the eye rapidly; blink; wink
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forward; send from one person or place to another
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dependable; reliable
thirst  Speak Example sentences
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clip; cut down to the desired size or shape
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sensation of dryness in the throat
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slight but noticeable partiality; line or surface that departs from the vertical
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state of extreme confusion or agitation; commotion or tumult
toll  Speak Example sentences
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charge a fee for using; sound in slowly repeated single tones; announce or summon by ringing a bell
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cloth; fabric
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noise, as made by a crowd; riot or uprising
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ban or inhibition resulting from social custom or emotional aversion; prohibition
tornado  Speak Example sentences
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cyclone; localized and violently destructive windstorm
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tending to take offense with slight cause; oversensitive; requiring special tact or skill in handling
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sailor or seaman; thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal
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teaching pupils individually; fee for instruction, especially at a formal institution of learning