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labor  Speak Example sentences
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v. undergo the efforts of childbirth
n. an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
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a. resembling the action of a machine
n. a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools
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a. owning or consisting of land or real estate
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a. (superlative of `many' used with count nouns and often preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the greatest in number
ad. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
ladder  Speak Example sentences
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n. a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
n. a boy or man
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a. joined in matrimony
a. of or relating to the state of marriage
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v. make smaller
v. wear off or die down
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v. come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
n. ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress
lake  Speak Example sentences
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n. a form of address for a man
n. a form of address for a man
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n. the property of something that is great in magnitude
n. a body of matter without definite shape
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n. at this time
n. a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)
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n. a purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal
n. a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
latter  Speak Example sentences
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n. a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
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n. a master's degree in science
n. the form of a literary work submitted for publication
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a. referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several)
n. the second of two or the second mentioned of two
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n. a nonspecific agent that imparts motion
v. travel or be transported in a vehicle
leave  Speak Example sentences
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v. leave behind unintentionally
n. the act of departing politely
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n. artist who composes or conducts music as a profession
n. someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
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n. a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)
n. a casual or unexpected convergence
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n. any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers
n. a plant where money is coined by authority of the government
leeway  Speak Example sentences
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a. a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number
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n. the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
n. an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed
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a. (superlative of `many' used with count nouns and often preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the greatest in number
ad. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
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n. a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
n. (of a ship or plane) sideways drift
lessen  Speak Example sentences
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v. make smaller
v. wear off or die down
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n. a master's degree in science
n. the form of a literary work submitted for publication
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n. any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)
a. lacking exceptional quality or ability
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a. showing or giving mercy
a. (used conventionally of royalty and high nobility) gracious
marking  Speak Example sentences
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ad. and nothing more
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n. at this time
n. a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)
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n. evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score
n. a pattern of marks
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a. ahead of the times
n. a contemporary person
merely  Speak Example sentences
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ad. and nothing more
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n. a purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal
n. a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
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n. evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score
n. a pattern of marks
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n. a nonspecific agent that imparts motion
v. travel or be transported in a vehicle
meticulously  Speak Example sentences
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ad. in a meticulous manner
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n. any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)
a. lacking exceptional quality or ability
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n. a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
n. a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage
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n. a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement