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quicken  Speak Example sentences
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n. a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
a. of high social status
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v. make keen or more acute
v. move faster
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v. have as a meaning
v. seek information from
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n. filling again by supplying what has been used up
quit  Speak Example sentences
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v. turn away from; give up
v. go away or leave
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v. feel sad about the loss or absence of
v. express with regret
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n. a mechanism that can move automatically
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n. the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)
n. return to an original state
radioactivity  Speak Example sentences
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n. the spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay
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v. earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
v. expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass
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ad. used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal
n. an old small silver Spanish coin
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n. a safe place
n. act of turning to for assistance
reaction  Speak Example sentences
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n. a frequently visited place
n. a formal way of referring to the condition of something
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ad. in a relative manner; by comparison to something else
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a. relating to languages derived from Latin
n. a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life
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n. doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like
n. (mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body
reading  Speak Example sentences
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n. a building where people go to eat
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a. feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
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ad. actually or truly or to an extreme
ad. of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative)
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n. a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
n. written material intended to be read
reasonably  Speak Example sentences
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ad. with good sense or in a reasonable or intelligent manner
ad. to a moderately sufficient extent or degree
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a. having the supreme power lying in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them or characteristic of such government
n. a member of the Republican Party
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n. an angry dispute
n. (construction) a layer of masonry
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a. following or accompanying as a consequence
n. a vector that is the sum of two or more other vectors
red  Speak Example sentences
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n. a building where people go to eat
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n. filling again by supplying what has been used up
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v. make keen or more acute
v. move faster
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a. characterized by violence or bloodshed
n. red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
refuge  Speak Example sentences
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v. cut a rebate in (timber or stone)
n. a refund of some fraction of the amount paid
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v. make keen or more acute
v. move faster
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v. earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
v. expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass
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n. a safe place
n. act of turning to for assistance
relate  Speak Example sentences
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n. a building where people go to eat
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v. rip off; ask an unreasonable price
v. take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
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n. a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch
n. a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
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v. give an account of
v. be in a relationship with
relatively  Speak Example sentences
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ad. in a relative manner; by comparison to something else
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v. give an account of
v. be in a relationship with
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n. doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like
n. (mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body
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n. a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
a. of high social status