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painstaking  Speak Example sentences
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being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected
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stage; a raised horizontal surface
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extremely careful and diligent work or effort; taking of pains
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plea; formal message requesting something
pamphlet  Speak Example sentences
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former occupant of post; ancestor or forefather
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brochure; leaflet; a small book usually having a paper cover
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cause something to multiply or breed; cause to extend to broader area or larger number
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intended to attract notice and impress others; making unjustified claims; overly ambitious
paramount  Speak Example sentences
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extremely careful and diligent work or effort; taking of pains
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loss of the ability to move a body part
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foremost in importance; supreme in rank
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row slowly and gently; move through water by means of repeated short strokes of the limbs
petition  Speak Example sentences
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most frequent or common; having superior power and influence
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plea; formal message requesting something
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a chemical used to kill pests
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benefactor; regular customer
phenomenon  Speak Example sentences
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producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile
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foremost in importance; supreme in rank
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appearance; anything visible, in matter or spirit; extraordinary or very remarkable person, thing, or occurrence
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violate; put to improper, unworthy, or degrading use; abuse
platform  Speak Example sentences
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quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; embarrassment
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something spoken as introductory to a discourse, or written as introductory to a book or essay
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stage; a raised horizontal surface
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pertaining to science of the function of living organisms
predecessor  Speak Example sentences
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odd; old-fashioned; picturesque; unfamiliar or unusual in character
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authority to act for another; agent or substitute
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former occupant of post; ancestor or forefather
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odd or unconventional, as in behavior; eccentric; mysterious; suspicious; questionable
predominant  Speak Example sentences
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most frequent or common; having superior power and influence
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pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role
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benefactor; regular customer
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violate; put to improper, unworthy, or degrading use; abuse
preface  Speak Example sentences
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quality or state of being productive; productiveness.
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of or pertaining to knowledge of pharmacy or preparing medicines
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special; characteristic; unusual; odd; bizarre
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something spoken as introductory to a discourse, or written as introductory to a book or essay
pretentious  Speak Example sentences
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benefactor; regular customer
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something spoken as introductory to a discourse, or written as introductory to a book or essay
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intended to attract notice and impress others; making unjustified claims; overly ambitious
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stage; a raised horizontal surface