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Stories of USA Today
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heave  Speak Example sentences
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easily angered; irritable; made too quickly to be accurate or wise
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lack of knowledge or education
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security; insurance; exemption from loss or damage; immunity from penalty, or the punishment; amnesty
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cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; lift; raise; hoist; throw
hemisphere  Speak Example sentences
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halves; half of a sphere bounded by a great circle
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students visiting a foreign country to study, board with a local family at an affordable price
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a variety of domestic dog, having large, drooping ears; side bar used to strengthen portions of gear of a vehicle
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start; initiate; induct into office by formal ceremony
hijack  Speak Example sentences
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stop and rob a vehicle in transit; seize control of by use of force
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danger; risk
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resident; someone or thing who lives in a place
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teach; make aware of
hound  Speak Example sentences
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start; initiate; induct into office by formal ceremony
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a variety of domestic dog, having large, drooping ears; side bar used to strengthen portions of gear of a vehicle
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stubbornly and often recklessly willful; unyielding
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restrain; prevent or forbid; hold back
imperative  Speak Example sentences
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lacking flavor or zest; not tasty; dull
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having power command or control; critically importance; some duty that is essential and urgent
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expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style
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one who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there; non-native
impetus  Speak Example sentences
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danger; risk
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having power command or control; critically importance; some duty that is essential and urgent
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a variety of domestic dog, having large, drooping ears; side bar used to strengthen portions of gear of a vehicle
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incentive; stimulus; force or energy associated with a moving body
incline  Speak Example sentences
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hurry; rapidity of action or motion
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do harm to; inflict damage; do injustice to
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having importance or significance in history; belonging to the past; historical
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cause to lean, slant, or slope; deviate from the horizontal or vertical
inflict  Speak Example sentences
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explain or tell the meaning of; translate orally; decipher
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halves; half of a sphere bounded by a great circle
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impose something unpleasant; cause
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hurry; rapidity of action or motion
ingredient  Speak Example sentences
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having importance or significance in history; belonging to the past; historical
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element in a mixture or compound
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cause to lean, slant, or slope; deviate from the horizontal or vertical
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watch diligently; keep watch over examination candidates to prevent cheating
insert  Speak Example sentences
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lack of knowledge or education
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incentive; stimulus; force or energy associated with a moving body
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input; enter; put or set into, between, or among
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point where lines intersect; act of intersecting