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tack  Speak Example sentences
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healing power or quality; treatment of illness
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small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad, flat head
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a person who turns animal hides into leather; craftsman who tans skins and hides;  sixpence
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hollow cylindrical shape; underground railway
tame  Speak Example sentences
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domesticated; very restrained or quiet; make less strong or intense; soften
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a thing of very little value or importance
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slightly adhesive or gummy to the touch; sticky; lacking style or good taste; distasteful or offensive
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act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction
tanner  Speak Example sentences
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temporary worker, as in an office
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windpipe, or trachea; a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine; a pedal that controls the throttle valve
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a person who turns animal hides into leather; craftsman who tans skins and hides;  sixpence
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sticking together; stubbornly unyielding; holding together firmly
tender  Speak Example sentences
4
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easily crushed or bruised; fragile; easily chewed or cut
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a row of houses built in a similar style; a level shelf of land with steep slopes
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enormous scope, power, or influence; huge or colossal
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in a way that expresses a threat of something unpleasant or violent; aggressively
threateningly  Speak Example sentences
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temporary worker, as in an office
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in a way that expresses a threat of something unpleasant or violent; aggressively
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easily managed or controlled; governable; easily handled or worked; docile
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forward; send from one person or place to another
toed  Speak Example sentences
6
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having a toe or toes of a specified kind
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unlawfully enter boundaries of some else's property; commit an offense or a sin
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payment in money made by one ruler or nation; tax; the mark of respect; praiseworthy quality
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person's normal manner of thinking, behaving, or reacting; tendency to become irritable or angry
tolerate  Speak Example sentences
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dullness owing to length or slowness; boredom
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domesticated; very restrained or quiet; make less strong or intense; soften
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endure; withstand; allow without prohibiting or opposing; permit
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right or claim to possession; a mark of rank; the name of a book or film
tout  Speak Example sentences
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advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off
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a person who turns animal hides into leather; craftsman who tans skins and hides;  sixpence
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a thing of very little value or importance
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easily crushed or bruised; fragile; easily chewed or cut
tractable  Speak Example sentences
9
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right or claim to possession; a mark of rank; the name of a book or film
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lacking flavor; not having or showing good taste
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easily managed or controlled; governable; easily handled or worked; docile
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going from one state of action to another
transparent  Speak Example sentences
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payment in money made by one ruler or nation; tax; the mark of respect; praiseworthy quality
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easily managed or controlled; governable; easily handled or worked; docile
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push; force used in pushing; activity or idea is the main or essential thing it expresses
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easily detected; permitting light to pass through freely