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backdrop  Speak Example sentences
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mild and pleasant; fragrant
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background; the view behind something
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lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; below
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lighten; cheer; encourage; make or become bright or brighter
bankrupt  Speak Example sentences
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mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
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lighten; cheer; encourage; make or become bright or brighter
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fight; noisy quarrel or fight; loud party
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penniless, without any money; financially ruined
banquet  Speak Example sentences
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large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles
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penniless, without any money; financially ruined
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feast; entertainment of eating and drinking
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mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
bark  Speak Example sentences
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a part or division of intestine; the interior  of something; any internal organ of the body, as the stomach, liver
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large and brightly colored handkerchief; often used as a neckerchief
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a sound made by a dog; harsh sound uttered by a dog
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a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors
barn  Speak Example sentences
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table with food set out for people to serve themselves; meal at which people help themselves to food that's been set out
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mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
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fight; noisy quarrel or fight; loud party
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an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
bathe  Speak Example sentences
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wash by immersion, as in a bath; subject to bath; lave; immerse or cover one's self
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something which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly, as bandage, cord, or rod
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air that is inhaled and exhaled in respiration
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large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles
blast  Speak Example sentences
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make white or colorless; blanch
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mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
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explode; burst; gale; a powerful gust of wind or air
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marked by flames or intense heat; of immediate import; urgent
bolster  Speak Example sentences
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brink; the very top edge of a container
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lacking the usual or appropriate covering or clothing
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one who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil
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long narrow pillow or cushion
boundary  Speak Example sentences
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penniless, without any money; financially ruined
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table with food set out for people to serve themselves; meal at which people help themselves to food that's been set out
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dividing line; border; frontier
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wash by immersion, as in a bath; subject to bath; lave; immerse or cover one's self
bow  Speak Example sentences
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estimate; a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose
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make white or colorless; blanch
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breaking of waves or surf; fissure or gap
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the inclination of head, or bending of the body for respect or submission; bending or rounded part of a ship forward