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jolt  Speak Example sentences
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a great number; many
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sudden jerking, as from a heavy blow; sudden, strong feeling of surprise or disappointment
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treat or use improperly; use to bad purpose; misapply; abuse; treat ill
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exclusive control or possession of something; domination
labour  Speak Example sentences
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trouble; disturb; render uneasy; interfere with; vex
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deficient in amount, quality, or extent; having little flesh; lean; scanty or inadequate;
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behavior that causes discomfiture or annoyance in another; tendency to play pranks or cause embarrassment
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effort expended on particular task; act of mother giving birth; time period during which mother gives birth
lace  Speak Example sentences
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delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns; rope; cord that is drawn through eyelets
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a great number; many
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crumbling, soft, friable earth; soil
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dwell on anything in thought; think seriously; keep the mind fixed upon; purpose; plan in the mind
lapse  Speak Example sentences
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combine; unite
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a great number; many
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delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns; rope; cord that is drawn through eyelets
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gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; unobserved or imperceptible progress; slip or error; failing in duty
layman  Speak Example sentences
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exclusive control or possession of something; domination
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handcuff; shackle for hand or wrist; instrument of iron for fettering the hand
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someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person; generally ignorant person
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short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; maxim
likelihood  Speak Example sentences
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scheme for distribution of prizes by chance; gaming in which tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes
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unwilling or reluctant; filled with disgust or aversion; dislike
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possibility, strong probability; state of being probable
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government under a single ruler
livestock  Speak Example sentences
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high, tall, having great height; idealistic, implying over-optimism
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fertilizer; any animal or plant material used to fertilize land; spread manure
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bait; charm; attract
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any animals kept for use or profit
luminous  Speak Example sentences
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scheme for distribution of prizes by chance; gaming in which tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes
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fertilizer; any animal or plant material used to fertilize land; spread manure
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shining; emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light
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bound or obliged in law or equity
microbe  Speak Example sentences
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boring; dull; tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
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profitable; producing good profit
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lightweight, two-wheeled vehicle equipped with a small motor and pedals, designed to go no faster than some specified speed limit
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germ; minute life form; microorganism, especially a bacterium that causes disease
mode  Speak Example sentences
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motherly; relating to mother or motherhood
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prevailing style; manner; way of doing something; fashion or style
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make untidy by discarding rubbish carelessly; scatter about
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boring; dull; tediously repetitious or lacking in variety