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calculator  Speak Example sentences
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breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; reduce the air supply
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small machine that is used for mathematical calculations
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make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
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cause to be unable to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding; mix up
canvas  Speak Example sentences
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controvertible; disputable
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something formed in the mind; thought or notion
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heavy closely woven fabric; background against which events unfold, as in a historical narrative
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of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance
caricature  Speak Example sentences
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assign the roles of; choose at random
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treated with confidence; trusted in; trustworthy; secret
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representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
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flat, rectangular piece of stiff paper, cardboard, or plastic; business card; credit card
cause  Speak Example sentences
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team; guard team; group of persons; business enterprise
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representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect
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graph; diagram; map showing coastlines, water depths, or other information of use to navigators
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something produces a result; basis for an action or response; a reason
cease  Speak Example sentences
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stop; terminate; put an end to; discontinue
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overpower; force to yield assent to truth; satisfy by proof; prove guilty
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retain; protect from loss or harm; preserve; use carefully or sparingly, avoiding waste
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act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
chic  Speak Example sentences
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similarity in form or character; agreement
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good form; style; elegance by virtue of being fashionable
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controvertible; disputable
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care; being attentive to possible danger
chip  Speak Example sentences
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cut small pieces from; diminish or reduce to shape; break or crack
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make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
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controvertible; disputable
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invariable; repeating; continually occurring; persistent
choke  Speak Example sentences
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breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; reduce the air supply
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violent rotating windstorm
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something formed in the mind; thought or notion
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sophisticated; of worldwide scope
colleague  Speak Example sentences
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similarity in form or character; agreement
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sophisticated; of worldwide scope
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fellow worker; associate; co-worker
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having to do with citizens or the state; courteous and polite
column  Speak Example sentences
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pillar; cylindrical or polygonal support for roof; anything resembling, in form or position; upright body or mass
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work of acknowledged excellence and authority, or its author; creation of the highest excellence
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care; being attentive to possible danger
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cut small pieces from; diminish or reduce to shape; break or crack