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pail  Speak Example sentences
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ad. restricted to something
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a. thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term)
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a. of or relating to philosophy or philosophers
a. characterized by the attitude of a philosopher; meeting trouble with level-headed detachment
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n. a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
n. the quantity contained in a pail
payable  Speak Example sentences
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n. a liability account showing how much is owed for goods and services purchased on credit
a. subject to or requiring payment especially as specified
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n. a fixed text used in praying
n. someone who prays to God
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v. attach a prefix to
n. an affix that is added in front of the word
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a. (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black
a. free from discordant qualities
philosophical  Speak Example sentences
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a. thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term)
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a. of or relating to philosophy or philosophers
a. characterized by the attitude of a philosopher; meeting trouble with level-headed detachment
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v. attach a prefix to
n. an affix that is added in front of the word
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n. a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement
n. a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
pint  Speak Example sentences
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n. someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
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n. a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters
n. a United States liquid unit equal to 16 fluid ounces; two pints equal one quart
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n. a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase
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ad. in part; in some degree; not wholly
poem  Speak Example sentences
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n. a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
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v. state freely
v. practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about
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n. a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters
n. a United States liquid unit equal to 16 fluid ounces; two pints equal one quart
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a. manifesting partiality
policeman  Speak Example sentences
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n. a member of a police force
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ad. more readily or willingly
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v. blow hard and loudly
n. a short light gust of air
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v. behave in a certain way
v. stake on the outcome of an issue
pop  Speak Example sentences
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a. blessed with privileges
a. not subject to usual rules or penalties
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v. bulge outward
v. release suddenly
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v. regard highly; think much of
v. hold dear
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n. a fixed text used in praying
n. someone who prays to God
portugal  Speak Example sentences
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n. a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil)
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n. the motion of one object relative to another
n. the act of passing from one state or place to the next
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n. a member of a police force
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a. blessed with privileges
a. not subject to usual rules or penalties
power  Speak Example sentences
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v. bulge outward
v. release suddenly
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n. a very wealthy or powerful businessman
n. (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power
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a. relating to a president or presidency
a. befitting a president
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n. someone who manufactures something
n. someone who finds financing for and supervises the making and presentation of a show (play or film or program or similar work)
preferably  Speak Example sentences
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ad. more readily or willingly
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n. (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached)
n. a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun...
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n. a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms
n. optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image
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a. of or relating to philosophy or philosophers
a. characterized by the attitude of a philosopher; meeting trouble with level-headed detachment