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What do people use be to talk about?
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What words describe something that is full?
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What words refer to something being full of something?
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What words describe a place that is full of people?
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What words refer to a place being full of animals or insects?
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What words indicate how full something is?
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What words refer to recovering?
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What words refer to being healthy after being sick?
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What words indicate that two things or situations are connected somehow?be connected (with) be related (to) be linked (with) be associated (with) there is a link between there is a connection between be bound up with go hand in hand relate relation be a relationship between relationship have something to do with be something to do with be intertwined tied pertain be relative to
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What words indicate that two people are connected somehow?
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What words indicate that something someone says has no connection with the topic being discussed?
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What words indicate that there is enough of something for what you need?
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What words refer to having enough of something?
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What words refer to not having enough?
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What words indicate that there is not enough of something for what you need?
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What words refer to not having enough of something?
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What words refer to not having enough of something to do what you want?
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What words indicate that something is certainly true?
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What words indicate that something will certainly happen?
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What words indicate that something will certainly succeed?
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What words indicate that something is certain to happen and nothing can be done to stop it?
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What words indicate that something or someone is not in a particular place?be absent not be here not be around be out not be in be away missing be off not be at not be there absence be gone not present be away nowhere to be found out of sight truant absent without leave AWOL missing in action not show up make yourself scarce minus someone be lacking lose elsewhere somewhere else
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What words indicate that something will probably happen?
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What words indicate that something is very probably true
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What words indicate that something good will probably happen?
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What words indicate that something bad will probably happen?
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What words indicate that someone or something will probably be successful?
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What words indicate that someone will probably do something bad?
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What words refer to needing something?
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What words refer to needing something very much?
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What words describe something that is needed?
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What words refer to something needing something done to it?
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What words describe two things that are very similar?
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What words refer to something looking very much like another thing?
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What words refer to being like your mother or father?
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What words indicate that someone or something makes you think of another person or thing because they are similar?
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What words refer to people being compatible?
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What words refer to people being incompatible?
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What words refer to being sick?
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What words refer to being sick with a disease?
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What words refer to being a little sick?
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What words refer to being very sick?
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What words describe someone who is often sick?
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What words refer to becoming sick?
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What words refer to something showing that something is true?
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What words refer to something showing that something has a good quality?
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What words refer to something showing that something has a bad quality?
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What words refer to a sign that shows that something is true?
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What words refer to being proud of something or someone?
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What words refer to being proud of yourself?
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What words refer to behaving in a proud way toward other people?
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What words refer to something or someone you are proud of?
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What words describe two things that are the same?
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What words describe someone or something that is the same as before?
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What words indicate that two things that people said are the same?
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What words refer to thinking the same as someone else?
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What words refer to being conscious?
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What words refer to losing consciousness?
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What words refer to the state of being unconscious?
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What causes someone to lose consciousness?
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What are the symptoms of being unconscious?
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What words refer to when two people agree?
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What words refer to the act or state of agreeing?
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What words refer to controlling someone or something?
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What words refer to being under someone's control?
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What words refer to feeling uninterested in something?
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What words refer to feeling very uninterested?
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What words refer to disliking something?don't like dislike (v) take a disliking to take an instant dislike to have a healthy dislike for not be fond of not keen on not be crazy about not think much of not be someone's cup of tea not be to your taste not be to your liking not be your thing not be your type have no time for not take kindly to don't care for look down on turn up your nose at be unhappy with hold in disfavor feel unfavorable toward be displeased with
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What words refer to feeling worried?
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What words refer to being very worried?
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What words refer to being worried all the time?
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What words refer to causing someone to feel worried?
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What words refer to someone who worries a lot?
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What words refer to not being worried about something that you were worried about before?
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What words refer to having an advantage over other people?
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What words indicate that something gives one person an advantage over others?
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What words refer to having a disadvantage compared with other people?
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What words indicate that something gives someone a disadvantage?
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What words describe a group of things that have been put in order?
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What words describe a group of things in the wrong order?
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In English 'Order' can be expressed by a 'be' clause with the 'Item' in the subject position.
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What words refer to loving someone?
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What words refer to starting to love someone?
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What words refer loving someone very much?
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What words refer to liking something?like have a liking for adore enjoy be fond of proud of someone fancy something have a fancy for take a fancy to care for have affection for admire look up to think highly of approve pleased admire appeals to you be to your liking go down well savor (v) luxuriate be happy with feel good toward feel good about
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What words refer to liking someone?
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What words refer to liking something very much?
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What words refer to feeling angry?
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What words refer to feeling very angry?
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What words refer to causing someone to feel angry?anger (v) make someone angry make someone mad aggravate antagonize chafe cross someone disturb embitter enrage exasperate gall incense infuriate insult (v) irk madden needle nettle offend cause offense peeve perturb pique provoke rankle rile vex make your blood boil make you sick get someone going get someone's back up wind someone up be like a red flag to a bull
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What words refer to winning a fight or war?
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What words refer to almost losing?
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What words refer to a situation during a fight or game when it looks like you will win?
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What words refer to the person or group that people think will win?
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What words are used to indicate that something exists?
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What words refer to something starting to exist?
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What words refer to dying as a result of an accident or violence?
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What euphemisms and idioms are used to refer to death?
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What words refer to dying when you are still young?
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What words describe someone who is almost dead?
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What words refer to losing someone in death?
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What words refer to paying too much attention to something?
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What words refer to not paying attention?
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What words refer to receiving a lot of attention from people?
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What words refer to enjoying something?
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What words refer to feeling happy when you are doing something?
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What words describe something that people enjoy doing?
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What words describe someone that other people enjoy being with?
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What words describe something that is fashionable?
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What words describe something that is not fashionable?
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What words refer to feeling happy?
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What words refer to feeling very happy?
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What words describe a person who feels good while doing something?
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What words refer to feeling good about someone's behavior?
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What words refer to feeling happy again after feeling sad?
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What words refer to suffering?
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What words refer to someone who seems to enjoy suffering?
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What words indicate that something belongs to a class of things?
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What words refer to something being right for a particular job?
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What words refer to something someone does that is right for a particular situation?
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What words are used to say how old someone is?
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What words are used to say how old something is?
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What words indicate that something or someone is in a particular place?
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What words refer to not being sure about something?
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What words refer to approving of something?
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What words refer to approving of something very much?
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What words refer to the purpose of something someone says?
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What words indicate the purpose of something?
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What words indicate that something is done or made for a particular purpose?
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What words refer to feeling annoyed?
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What words describe something that causes someone to feel annoyed?
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What words refer to feeling nervous?
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What words refer to feeling very nervous?
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What words refer to being crazy?
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What words describe someone who has escaped?
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What words refer to being unable to escape?
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What words indicate that something is located somewhere?
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What words describe a person's inability to do a job?
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What words refer to attracting someone sexually?
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What words refer to being sexually attracted to someone?
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What words describe something someone does to attract someone?
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What words describe someone who is not attractive?
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What words refer to becoming old?
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What words refer to being too old to do something?
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What words refer to feeling disappointed?
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What words describe something that causes someone to feel disappointed?
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What words refer to being unacceptable?
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What words refer to unacceptable behavior?
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What words refer to loving someone?
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What words refer to loving someone very much?
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What types of trouble are there?
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What words describe something that is useless?
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What words refer to being in a sitting position?
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What words describe how a person is sitting?
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What words refer to sitting down from a standing position?
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What do you say to someone when you want them to sit down?
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What words indicate something is true of only one thing or one group of things, and not true of others?
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What words refer to being a part of something?
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What words indicate that something has parts?
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What words describe something that is big?
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What words describe something that is very big?
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What words indicate how big something is?
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What words refer to someone being unsuitable for a job?
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What words refer to something being unsuitable for a particular place?
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What words refer to someone being unsuitable for a particular place?
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What words refer to being late to pay back a loan?
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What words refer to not finishing something within the time that is allowed?
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What words are used to indicate a person's name?
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What words refer to giving someone a name?
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What words refer to the reason why someone is given a name?
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What words describe something being blown by the wind?
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What words refer to being sick in your stomach?
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What words refer to vomiting?
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What words describe how you feel when your stomach is sick?
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What words refer to being injured?
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What words refer to being disabled?
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What words refer to causing someone to be sick?
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What words describe something that can make you sick?
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What words refer to a woman being pregnant?
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What words refer to not knowing something?
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What words refer to knowing something slightly?
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What words refer to not trusting someone?
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What words describe someone who cannot be trusted?
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What words refer to being determined to do something?
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What words refer to being so determined that you are even willing to do something bad?
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What words do people use when they give someone permission?
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What words refer to being allowed to do something?
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What words describe something that people are allowed to do?
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What words describe someone that many people like?
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What words describe something that many people like?
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What words describe someone or something that is not popular?
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What words refer to feeling good about your present conditions?
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What words refer to not being satisfied?
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What words refer to feeling interested in something?
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What words describe something that is interesting?
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What words refer to doing something often because you are interested in it?
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What words refer to feeling enthusiastic?
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What words refer to feeling very enthusiastic?
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What words refer to feeling indifferent?
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What words refer to feeling very indifferent?
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What words indicate that you don't care, because you will be happy no matter what happens?
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What words indicate that you used to care, but don't anymore because you are hurt or angry?
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What words refer to feeling sad?
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What words refer to feeling sad because someone died?
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What words refer to feeling very sad?
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What words refer to feeling sad for a long time?
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What words refer to feeling sorry?
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What words refer to not feeling sorry?
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What words refer to speaking well?
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What words are used for speaking inappropriately?
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What words refer to not knowing what to say?
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What words refer to speaking too long?
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What words describe something that has been said so often that people think it is stupid?
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What words refer to telling the truth?
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What words refer to telling the truth without hiding anything?
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What words refer to criticizing someone or something?criticize be critical be a critic of critique accuse attack launch into an attack on badmouth belittle blame carp cavil censure cite charge decry denounce deprecate deride disparage gibe harangue judge lay into mock rake someone over the coals recriminate reprehend reproach ridicule scoff speak evil of tear down (someone) voice your disapproval
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What words refer to being criticized by someone else?
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What words refer to behaving in a particular way?
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What words refer to being acceptable?
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What words refer to acceptable behavior?
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What words refer to having a good reputation?
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What words refer to having a bad reputation?
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What words refer to being bad-tempered for a short time?
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What words describe someone who refuses to talk because they are angry?
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What words refer to doing evil to someone?
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What words refer to doing evil to yourself?
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What words describe something that harms someone?
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What words refer to being low in status?
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What words are used of lowering someone's status?
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What words refer to attacking someone?
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What words refer to the person or place that is attacked?
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What words describe a person or place that is easy to attack?
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What words refer to starting to fight?
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What words refer to taking drugs?
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What affect do drugs have on people?
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What words refer to being addicted to drugs?
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What words refer to earning money?
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What words refer to earning a lot of money?
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What words refer to being generous?
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What words indicate the state that something is in?
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What words indicate that something is almost a particular number or amount?
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What words indicate that someone almost does something?
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What words indicate that something almost happens?
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What words indicate that something happens for a short time?
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What words refer to taking a short time to do something?
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What do people say when they want someone to do something in a short time?
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What words refer to something happening before something else?
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What words refer to doing something before someone else does it?
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What words describe a person or animal that is old?
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What words refer to being almost a particular age?
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What words describe something that has been sold for only a short time?
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What words describe a new idea or way of doing something?
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What words describe someone who has recently arrived in a place or just started a new job?
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What words indicate that something is beside something else?
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What words refer to something being something?
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What words are used to indicate a change of state?
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What words are used of causing or producing a state?
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What words are used of attaining a state?
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What words are used to indicate an attribute of something?
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What words are used to indicate the name of something?
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What words refer to when the sun is shining?
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What words describe where the sun is shining?
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What words describe someone who cannot work or run for a long time?
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What words describe someone who is energetic?
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What words describe someone who is energetic and happy?
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What words describe someone who looks healthy?
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What words describe something that makes you healthy?
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What words describe someone who is partially deaf?
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What words describe someone who is totally deaf?
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What words refer to being in pain?
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What words refer to a part of your body hurting?
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What words refer to being dazed or confused?
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What words describe a person's mind is working well?
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What words refer to the government killing someone because they committed a crime?
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What words refer to killing yourself?
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What words refer to something such as an accident or disease killing someone?
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What words refer to imagining things that do not exist?
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What words refer to believing that something is true?
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What words describe something or someone that can be believed?
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What words refer to insisting that someone do something?
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What words refer to feeling excited?
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What words refer to feeling obsessed with something?
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What words describe someone who feels obsessed?
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What words refer to feeling disgusted by something?
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What words refer to feeling upset about something?
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What words refer to feeling very upset?
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What words refer to feeling afraid?
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What words describe someone who is easily frightened?
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What are the signs that someone is afraid?
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What words are used to describe the formation of a friendship?
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What words are used to refer to the state of being friends?
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What are the outward signs of friendship?
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What words refer to belonging to a group?
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What words refer to one organization belonging to another organization?
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What words refer to doing good to someone?
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What words refer to life going well?
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What words refer to having mercy on someone?
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What words refer to being unlucky on a particular occasion?
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What words describe an unlucky situation or event?
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What words describe something that causes bad luck?
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What words refer to who is responsible for something bad?
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What words refer to getting revenge?
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What words refer to a situation in which both people have done something bad to each other?
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What words are used of being asleep?
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What words are used of a deep sleep?
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What words refer to waking up?
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What words describe not being asleep?
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What words are used of not wanting to sleep?
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What words refer to something being used for some activity or purpose?
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What words describe something that is useful?
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What words refer to being rich?
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What words refer to working for someone?
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What words refer to being fired from a job?
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What words refer to following someone closely?
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What words refer to carrying many things?
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What words indicate that many bad things are happening?
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What words indicate that many people are doing something?
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What words refer to something being more than a particular number or amount?
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What words indicate how tall something is?
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What words describe a big area?
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What words describe a big room?
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What words indicate how big an area is?
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What words indicate how big a container is?
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What words indicate that something is near enough so that you can do something?
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What words refer to moving nearer to a person or vehicle in front of you?
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What words indicate that something is high in the air?
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What words indicate how high something is?
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What words refer to something being made of some material?
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What words refer to the right time to do something?
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What words refer to the wrong time to do something?
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What words refer to something becoming old fashioned?
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What words describe someone who is old fashioned in the way they think or act?
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What words indicate that someone is certain about something?
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What words indicate that something is uncertain?
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What words indicate that something is uncertain, but it is likely that something bad will happen?
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What words indicate that you think it is very unlikely that something is true or will happen?
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What words refer to adding more water to a solution?
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What words refer to adding more of a substance to the solution?
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What does the stomach do?
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What words refer to showing something to a lot of people?
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What words refer to not being able to feel anything?
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What words refer to being able to work or run for a long time?
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What words describe someone who is tired?
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What words refer to itching when the skin is irritated?
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What words refer to muscles cramping from pain?
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What words refer to having a fever?
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What words refer to the state of being in an unusual state of consciousness?
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What causes someone to be in an unusual state of consciousness?
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What words refer to being alive?
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What words refer to the people who are engaged to be married?
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What words refer to sex with a person you are not married to?
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What words refer to an ongoing relationship outside of marriage?
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What words refer to being able to have children?
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What words refer to being unable to have children?
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What words refer to an alert mental state?
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What words describe someone who can think quickly?
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What words refer to reminding someone of something they must do or something they should know?
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What words refer to reminding someone of a person or something that happened in the past?
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What words refer to how a person thinks about the future?
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What words refer to an expectation happening?
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What words do people use when giving advice?
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What words refer to forcing someone to do something?compel blackmail browbeat bully (v) coerce constrain drive force someone to do something use force force something on insist impel impose your will on make someone do something oblige press pressure put pressure on push use strong-arm tactics use strong-arm methods under duress be breathing down someone's neck
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What words refer to a situation forcing someone to do something?
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What words refer to accepting an offer?
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What words refer to preferring something?
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What words refer to preferring to do something?
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What words refer to feeling good about someone's good fortune?
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What words refer to being pleased with someone?
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What words refer to feeling surprised?
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What words refer to feeling shocked?
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What words refer to being very shocked or shocked for a long time?
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What words refer to feeling ashamed?
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What words refer to feeling embarrassed?
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What words refer to causing someone to feel embarrassed?
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What words refer to feeling confused?
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What words describe something that is emphasized?
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What words refer to being about something or someone?
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What words refer to exaggerating?
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What words describe a person who boasts?
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What words refer to crying?
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What words refer to almost crying?
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What words refer to knowing someone, but not knowing him well?
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What words refer to being an orphan?
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What words refer to doing something good?
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What words refer to despising someone?
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What words refer to being uncaring?
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What do people say when they don't care what happens, because they would be happy with whatever happens?
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What words refer to helping someone?
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What words describe something that is untidy?
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What words refer to being alone?
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What words refer to the action of showing courage?
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What words refer to being brave enough to do something?
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What words refer to feeling cowardly?
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What words describe someone who is safe?
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What words refer to being lucky on a particular occasion?
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What words refer to having authority?
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What words refer to deserving what you receive?
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What words refer to opposing something?
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What words refer to fighting against someone who is trying to do something bad?
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What words refer to defeating someone in a game or other competition?
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What words refer to defeating someone by using your intelligence?
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What words refer to the process of losing a fight?
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What words refer to being influenced or controlled by a demon?
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What words refer to cursing someone?
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What words describe something that has been purified?
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What words describe something that has not been purified?
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What words refer to eating a lot?
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What words refer to eating more than your share?
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What words refer to the effect alcohol has on a person?
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What words refer to something burning?
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What words refer to when a machine is working?
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What words refer to when a machine is not working?
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What words refer to being poor?
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What words refer to being in a standing position?
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What words refer to being in a lying position?
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What words refer to being in a kneeling position?
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What words refer to being in pain because of running?
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What words refer to pursuing someone?
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What words refer to two things being linked?
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What words refer to something being destroyed?
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What words describe something that has been destroyed?
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What words refer to not having enough?
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What words refer to something remaining?
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What words describe someone who is very thin?
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What words refer to trying to become thin?
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What words indicate how wide something is?
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What words indicate how narrow something is?
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What words indicate that something is a particular color?
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What words describe something that is warm?
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What words describe a time or place that is hot?
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What words refer to feeling cold?
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What happens to people when they get cold?
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What words describe something that is convenient?
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What words describe something that is not convenient?
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What words indicate that something is happening at some time?
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What words are used to indicate that something will continue forever?
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What words refer to an event happening next after another event?
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What words indicate that a person or thing is the last in a list or line or group?
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What words refer to two people that lived at the same time?
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What words describe something that is very old?
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What words indicate that something is on something else?
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What words indicate that something should be done?
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What words indicate that you did something, but almost didn't do it?
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What words indicate that you heard what you are saying from someone else?
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What words describe where the moon is shining?
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What words describe the temperature?
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What words describe how many clouds are in the sky?
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What general words refer to a storm?
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What does lightning do?
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What words describe something that is very wet?
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What words refer to being in water?
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What words refer to being alive?
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What words express how mucus drains from the nose?
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What words refer to sweating?
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What words refer to something disappearing?
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What words indicate that something looks a particular way?
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What words describe a man who is beautiful?
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What words refer to listening to something?
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What words refer to a sound becoming loud enough so that it can be heard?
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What words describe a sound that is so loud that you can't hear anything else?
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What do you say when you want someone to be quiet?
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What words refer to having an infection?
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What words refer to the condition of having lost a limb?
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What words refer to the condition of being mute?
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What words refer to working as a doctor?
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What words refer to being married to someone?
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What words refer to being friends, but not having sex?
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What words refer to a baby being born?
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What words refer to giving birth early?
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What words refer to mourning a death?
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What words refer to thinking about what is good for someone?
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What words refer to misunderstanding something?
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What words are used of being unsure of the truth of something?
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What words refer to hoping that something good will happen in the future?
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What words refer to wanting something?
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What do people say when a decision has been made?
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What words refer to intending to do something?
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What do people say when they agree to do something?
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What words refer to your ability to change another's mind or decision?
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What words refer to someone being persuaded to change his thinking or decision?
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What words refer to being free to do something?
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What words refer to feeling something very strongly?
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What words refer to feeling relaxed?
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What words refer to feeling calm?
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What words refer to feeling bad for a long time?
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What words refer to feeling envious?
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What words refer to feeling bad about your present conditions?
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What words refer to feeling shy?
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What words refer to regularly contacting someone?
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What words refer to hiding information?
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What words describe a person who feels thankful?
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What words refer to doing something that causes someone to mock you?
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What do rumors do?
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What words refer to a short form of a word?
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What words refer to smiling?
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What words refer to talking to someone on the telephone?
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What words refer to the process of relating to other people?
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What words refer to meeting someone for the first time?
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What words indicate that someone lives nearby?
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What words are used to indicate that two people are related?
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What words refer to being related by birth?
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What words refer to being related by marriage?
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What words refer to the death of a spouse?
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What words refer to being a child without a father?
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What words describe a person's stance toward a group?
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What words indicate that a drama has a particular actor in it?
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What words refer to play against someone?
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What words are used of joking?
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What words refer to doing something bad?
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What words refer to doing something maturely?
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What words refer to doing something immature?
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What words refer to being patient?
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What words refer to admiring a person?
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What words refer to doing something humble?
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What words refer to opposing someone?
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What words refer to being selfish?
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What words refer to sharing with others?
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What words refer to spoiling a person's reputation?
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What words refer to being faithful?
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What words describe a person who cannot be relied on to do what he should?
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What words refer to saying one thing but doing something else?
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What words refer to a serious mistake in judgment or planning?
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What words refer to doing something because it is a habit?
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What words refer to having an accident?
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What words refer to being gentle with someone or something?
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What words refer to freeing someone from bondage?
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What words refer to a disciple following someone?
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What words refer moving to a higher status or position in an organization?
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What words refer to ruling?
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What words refer to investigating a crime or accident?
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What words describe someone who is suspected?
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What words refer to accusing someone?
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What words are used of escaping from prison?
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What words describe a person who treats other people equally?
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What words refer to being unfair to someone?
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What words refer to enemies fighting?
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What words refer to fighting for something good?
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What words refer to rioting?
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What words refer to fighting a war?
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What words refer to being at peace?
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What do people say when they are done eating?
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What words refer to being full of food?
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What words refer to wearing clothing?
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What words refer to being naked?
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What words describe something that is dirty?
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What words refer to living in a place?
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What words refer to trying hard to do something?
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What words describe someone who is careless in his work?
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What words describe someone who is lazy?
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What words refer to canceling an event?
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What words indicate that a task cannot be done?
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What words indicate that something can be done?
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What words refer to being accustomed to something?
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What words refer to something becoming unraveled?
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What words refer to losing wealth?
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What words refer to giving many things to someone?
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What words refer to owing money?
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What words refer to a relaxed posture?
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What words describe something that is moving?
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What words refer to moving quickly?move quickly hurry haste hasten rush forge ahead charge barrel along move like a bat out of hell make a beeline for boil bolt bustle move along at a good clip dart double-time fast fire flash flat-out fling flit fly gallop move like greased lightning be really hopping kick lickety-split plunge in quick race rapid rapidly rapidity run rush sail scour scud shoot move like sixty skim snappily speed stampede streak sweep swift swiftly swing tear apace tilt vroom whiz wildfire zip zoom at full speed at top speed express make tracks burn up the track
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What words describe someone who is clumsy and often has accidents?
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What words refer to accidentally falling from a high position?
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What words refer to two things moving toward each other?
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What words refer to losing your way?
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What words refer to going ahead of someone?
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What words describe someone who is being prevented from moving?
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What words describe someone who has been set free?
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How do you tell someone to wait?
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What words refer to having something?
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What words refer to not having something?
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What words describe things that have been arranged?
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What words describe things that have been scattered?
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What words describe something after it has been taken apart?
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What words refer to something being a mixture of other things?
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What words refer to untying something?
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What words refer to searching for something?
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What words indicate the answer?
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What words refer to using or giving a little of something?
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What words describe something that is less than another thing in number or amount?
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What words refer to decreasing slowly?
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What words refer to no thing?
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What words indicate that most of a group is of one kind.
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What words indicate that something is whole?
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What words indicate how long something is?
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What words indicate how short something is?
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What words indicate how short something is?
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What words indicate how thick something is?
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What words indicate that something is far from something else?far far away far off afar far afield far and wide a far cry from far apart far removed distant be distant a long distance in the distance some distance a good distance a ways way off a long way (off) a long ways away a fair way quite a ways nowhere near miles (away) yonder wide of clear off all over asunder at arm's length on the horizon the ends of the earth uttermost parts of the earth
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What words indicate that something is low?
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What words indicate how deep something is?
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What words describe something that fits?
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What words indicate how light something is?
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What words describe something that has light shining on it?
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What words refer to the lights being on in a place?
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What words refer to a place becoming dark?
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What words indicate that something happens for a long time?
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What words refer to doing something that has never been done before?
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What words indicate that something happens regularly?
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What words refer to something happening after something else?
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What words refer to something happening early?
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What words refer to postponing something?
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What words indicate that an event will happen soon?
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What words indicate that an event has not happened yet?
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What words describe a modern machine or system?
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What words refer to doing something quickly?
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What words indicate that something is in front of something else?
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What words indicate that something is around something else?
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What words indicate that something is in something else?
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What words indicate that something is outside of something else?
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What words refer to two things touching each other?
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What words refer to an indefinite location?
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What words indicate that things have spaces between them?
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What general words refer to someone doing something?
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resulting state (resultative): action in the past produces a state that persists into the present.
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What words indicate that someone is able to do something?
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What words indicate that you think something is true, but you are not completely sure about it?
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What words indicate that someone or something is not what it seems to be?
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What words indicate the place where someone was born?
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What words indicate a person who accompanied the person who is the subject of the clause?
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What words indicate association?
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What words indicate that one thing is the basis for another?
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What words indicate that something had no result?
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What words indicate that a phrase or sentence is important?then indeed surely so certainly in fact actually how you know really sure just you know don't you that how much more emphatically absolutely without question no way of course obviously you've got to be kidding it is just that the only thing is one thing that in reality only that as it were just as you can see as you know without a doubt don't you remember I am convinced that
Conjugation be conjugation
How do you conjugate be?
be · verb
Present I'm
Positive I'm
Singular
1st person I'm I am
2nd person you're you are
3rd person he/she/it's he/she/it is
Plural
1st person we're we are
2nd person you're you are
3rd person they're they are
Negative I undefined undefined not
Singular
1st person I undefined undefined not I am not
2nd person you aren't you undefined undefined not you are not
3rd person he/she/it isn't he/she/it undefined undefined not he/she/it is not
Plural
1st person we aren't we undefined undefined not we are not
2nd person you aren't you undefined undefined not you are not
3rd person they aren't they undefined undefined not they are not
Question am I?
Singular
1st person am I?
2nd person are you?
3rd person is he/she/it?
Plural
1st person are we?
2nd person are you?
3rd person are they?
Negative question aren't I?
Singular
1st person aren't I? am I not?
2nd person aren't you? are you not?
3rd person isn't he/she/it? is he/she/it not?
Plural
1st person aren't we? are we not?
2nd person aren't you? are you not?
3rd person aren't they? are they not?
Past I was
Positive I was
Singular
1st person I was
2nd person you were
3rd person he/she/it was
Plural
1st person we were
2nd person you were
3rd person they were
Negative I wasn't
Singular
1st person I wasn't I was not
2nd person you weren't you were not
3rd person he/she/it wasn't he/she/it was not
Plural
1st person we weren't we were not
2nd person you weren't you were not
3rd person they weren't they were not
Question was I?
Singular
1st person was I?
2nd person were you?
3rd person was he/she/it?
Plural
1st person were we?
2nd person were you?
3rd person were they?
Negative question wasn't I?
Singular
1st person wasn't I? was I not?
2nd person weren't you? were you not?
3rd person wasn't he/she/it? was he/she/it not?
Plural
1st person weren't we? were we not?
2nd person weren't you? were you not?
3rd person weren't they? were they not?
Future I'll be
Positive I'll be
Singular
1st person I'll be I will be
2nd person you'll be you will be
3rd person he/she/it'll be he/she/it will be
Plural
1st person we'll be we will be
2nd person you'll be you will be
3rd person they'll be they will be
Negative I won't be
Singular
1st person I won't be I will not be
2nd person you won't be you will not be
3rd person he/she/it won't be he/she/it will not be
Plural
1st person we won't be we will not be
2nd person you won't be you will not be
3rd person they won't be they will not be
Question will I be?
Singular
1st person will I be?
2nd person will you be?
3rd person will he/she/it be?
Plural
1st person will we be?
2nd person will you be?
3rd person will they be?
Negative question won't I be?
Singular
1st person won't I be? will I not be?
2nd person won't you be? will you not be?
3rd person won't he/she/it be? will he/she/it not be?
Plural
1st person won't we be? will we not be?
2nd person won't you be? will you not be?
3rd person won't they be? will they not be?
Conditional I'd be
Positive I'd be
Singular
1st person I'd be I would be
2nd person you'd be you would be
3rd person he/she/it'd be he/she/it would be
Plural
1st person we'd be we would be
2nd person you'd be you would be
3rd person they'd be they would be
Negative I wouldn't be
Singular
1st person I wouldn't be I would not be
2nd person you wouldn't be you would not be
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't be he/she/it would not be
Plural
1st person we wouldn't be we would not be
2nd person you wouldn't be you would not be
3rd person they wouldn't be they would not be
Question would I be?
Singular
1st person would I be?
2nd person would you be?
3rd person would he/she/it be?
Plural
1st person would we be?
2nd person would you be?
3rd person would they be?
Negative question wouldn't I be?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I be? would I not be?
2nd person wouldn't you be? would you not be?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it be? would he/she/it not be?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we be? would we not be?
2nd person wouldn't you be? would you not be?
3rd person wouldn't they be? would they not be?
Present continuous I'm being
Positive I'm being
Singular
1st person I'm being I am being
2nd person you're being you are being
3rd person he/she/it's being he/she/it is being
Plural
1st person we're being we are being
2nd person you're being you are being
3rd person they're being they are being
Negative I'm not being
Singular
1st person I'm not being I am not being
2nd person you aren't being you're not being you are not being
3rd person he/she/it isn't being he/she/it's not being he/she/it is not being
Plural
1st person we aren't being we're not being we are not being
2nd person you aren't being you're not being you are not being
3rd person they aren't being they're not being they are not being
Question am I being?
Singular
1st person am I being?
2nd person are you being?
3rd person is he/she/it being?
Plural
1st person are we being?
2nd person are you being?
3rd person are they being?
Negative question aren't I being?
Singular
1st person aren't I being? am I not being?
2nd person aren't you being? are you not being?
3rd person isn't he/she/it being? is he/she/it not being?
Plural
1st person aren't we being? are we not being?
2nd person aren't you being? are you not being?
3rd person aren't they being? are they not being?
Past continuous I was being
Positive I was being
Singular
1st person I was being
2nd person you were being
3rd person he/she/it was being
Plural
1st person we were being
2nd person you were being
3rd person they were being
Negative I wasn't being
Singular
1st person I wasn't being I was not being
2nd person you weren't being you were not being
3rd person he/she/it wasn't being he/she/it was not being
Plural
1st person we weren't being we were not being
2nd person you weren't being you were not being
3rd person they weren't being they were not being
Question was I being?
Singular
1st person was I being?
2nd person were you being?
3rd person was he/she/it being?
Plural
1st person were we being?
2nd person were you being?
3rd person were they being?
Negative question wasn't I being?
Singular
1st person wasn't I being? was I not being?
2nd person weren't you being? were you not being?
3rd person wasn't he/she/it being? was he/she/it not being?
Plural
1st person weren't we being? were we not being?
2nd person weren't you being? were you not being?
3rd person weren't they being? were they not being?
Future continuous I'll be being
Positive I'll be being
Singular
1st person I'll be being I will be being
2nd person you'll be being you will be being
3rd person he/she/it'll be being he/she/it will be being
Plural
1st person we'll be being we will be being
2nd person you'll be being you will be being
3rd person they'll be being they will be being
Negative I won't be being
Singular
1st person I won't be being I will not be being
2nd person you won't be being you will not be being
3rd person he/she/it won't be being he/she/it will not be being
Plural
1st person we won't be being we will not be being
2nd person you won't be being you will not be being
3rd person they won't be being they will not be being
Question will I be being?
Singular
1st person will I be being?
2nd person will you be being?
3rd person will he/she/it be being?
Plural
1st person will we be being?
2nd person will you be being?
3rd person will they be being?
Negative question won't I be being?
Singular
1st person won't I be being? will I not be being?
2nd person won't you be being? will you not be being?
3rd person won't he/she/it be being? will he/she/it not be being?
Plural
1st person won't we be being? will we not be being?
2nd person won't you be being? will you not be being?
3rd person won't they be being? will they not be being?
Conditional continuous I'd be being
Positive I'd be being
Singular
1st person I'd be being I would be being
2nd person you'd be being you would be being
3rd person he/she/it'd be being he/she/it would be being
Plural
1st person we'd be being we would be being
2nd person you'd be being you would be being
3rd person they'd be being they would be being
Negative I wouldn't be being
Singular
1st person I wouldn't be being I would not be being
2nd person you wouldn't be being you would not be being
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't be being he/she/it would not be being
Plural
1st person we wouldn't be being we would not be being
2nd person you wouldn't be being you would not be being
3rd person they wouldn't be being they would not be being
Question would I be being?
Singular
1st person would I be being?
2nd person would you be being?
3rd person would he/she/it be being?
Plural
1st person would we be being?
2nd person would you be being?
3rd person would they be being?
Negative question wouldn't I be being?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I be being? would I not be being?
2nd person wouldn't you be being? would you not be being?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it be being? would he/she/it not be being?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we be being? would we not be being?
2nd person wouldn't you be being? would you not be being?
3rd person wouldn't they be being? would they not be being?
Present perfect I've been
Positive I've been
Singular
1st person I've been I have been
2nd person you've been you have been
3rd person he/she/it's been he/she/it has been
Plural
1st person we've been we have been
2nd person you've been you have been
3rd person they've been they have been
Negative I haven't been
Singular
1st person I haven't been I have not been
2nd person you haven't been you have not been
3rd person he/she/it hasn't been he/she/it has not been
Plural
1st person we haven't been we have not been
2nd person you haven't been you have not been
3rd person they haven't been they have not been
Question have I been?
Singular
1st person have I been?
2nd person have you been?
3rd person has he/she/it been?
Plural
1st person have we been?
2nd person have you been?
3rd person have they been?
Negative question haven't I been?
Singular
1st person haven't I been? have I not been?
2nd person haven't you been? have you not been?
3rd person hasn't he/she/it been? has he/she/it not been?
Plural
1st person haven't we been? have we not been?
2nd person haven't you been? have you not been?
3rd person haven't they been? have they not been?
Past perfect I had been
Positive I had been
Singular
1st person I had been
2nd person you had been
3rd person he/she/it had been
Plural
1st person we had been
2nd person you had been
3rd person they had been
Negative I hadn't been
Singular
1st person I hadn't been I had not been
2nd person you hadn't been you had not been
3rd person he/she/it hadn't been he/she/it had not been
Plural
1st person we hadn't been we had not been
2nd person you hadn't been you had not been
3rd person they hadn't been they had not been
Question had I been?
Singular
1st person had I been?
2nd person had you been?
3rd person had he/she/it been?
Plural
1st person had we been?
2nd person had you been?
3rd person had they been?
Negative question hadn't I been?
Singular
1st person hadn't I been? had I not been?
2nd person hadn't you been? had you not been?
3rd person hadn't he/she/it been? had he/she/it not been?
Plural
1st person hadn't we been? had we not been?
2nd person hadn't you been? had you not been?
3rd person hadn't they been? had they not been?
Future perfect I'll have been
Positive I'll have been
Singular
1st person I'll have been I will have been
2nd person you'll have been you will have been
3rd person he/she/it'll have been he/she/it will have been
Plural
1st person we'll have been we will have been
2nd person you'll have been you will have been
3rd person they'll have been they will have been
Negative I won't have been
Singular
1st person I won't have been I will not have been
2nd person you won't have been you will not have been
3rd person he/she/it won't have been he/she/it will not have been
Plural
1st person we won't have been we will not have been
2nd person you won't have been you will not have been
3rd person they won't have been they will not have been
Question +'ll I have been?
Singular
1st person +'ll I have been? will I have been?
2nd person +'ll you have been? will you have been?
3rd person +'ll he/she/it have been? will he/she/it have been?
Plural
1st person +'ll we have been? will we have been?
2nd person +'ll you have been? will you have been?
3rd person +'ll they have been? will they have been?
Negative question won't I have been?
Singular
1st person won't I have been? will I not have been?
2nd person won't you have been? will you not have been?
3rd person won't he/she/it have been? will he/she/it not have been?
Plural
1st person won't we have been? will we not have been?
2nd person won't you have been? will you not have been?
3rd person won't they have been? will they not have been?
Conditional perfect I'd have been
Positive I'd have been
Singular
1st person I'd have been I would have been
2nd person you'd have been you would have been
3rd person he/she/it'd have been he/she/it would have been
Plural
1st person we'd have been we would have been
2nd person you'd have been you would have been
3rd person they'd have been they would have been
Negative I wouldn't have been
Singular
1st person I wouldn't have been I would not have been
2nd person you wouldn't have been you would not have been
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't have been he/she/it would not have been
Plural
1st person we wouldn't have been we would not have been
2nd person you wouldn't have been you would not have been
3rd person they wouldn't have been they would not have been
Question would I have been?
Singular
1st person would I have been?
2nd person would you have been?
3rd person would he/she/it have been?
Plural
1st person would we have been?
2nd person would you have been?
3rd person would they have been?
Negative question wouldn't I have been?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I have been? would I not have been?
2nd person wouldn't you have been? would you not have been?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it have been? would he/she/it not have been?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we have been? would we not have been?
2nd person wouldn't you have been? would you not have been?
3rd person wouldn't they have been? would they not have been?
Imperative be!
Positive
you be!
we let's be!
Negative
you don't be!
we let's not be!
Examples be examples
How do I use be in a sentence?
Simple sentences
I will be back soon.
You'd be surprised what you can learn in a week.
I hope he'll be able to come! I'd like to see him.
You must be careful not to make him angry.
You must be a fool.
You must be back on Sunday at the latest.
You ought to be ashamed.
You must be less impatient.
You must be mentally exhausted.
You must be tired after such a long trip.
You must be here till five.
He will be studying when you get up.
I'll be back right away.
Learning should not be forced. Learning should be encouraged.
It's because you don't want to be alone.
Sometimes he can be a strange guy.
I once wanted to be an astrophysicist.
If I could be like that.
I don't want to be lame; I want to be cool!!
When I grow up, I want to be a king.
America is a lovely place to be, if you are here to earn money.
I've always wondered what it'd be like to have siblings.
It would be something I'd have to program.
Movie subtitles
What the. How can this place be your territory?
How can that lady be my mom? how can that lady be my mom!
I don't want to be the mom?
Well, we have to go there and see? but I'll be a good match for a husband.
These girls need to be in jail and eat bean rice to wake them up.
Oh, they must be twins.
You should be careful.
We'll be in trouble if the lady comes out. Hurry, let's leave.
How can her life be like that?
And then to abandone Richard who she loved. How hard it must be not to die. Take it easy, ma'am.
He must be hurt because of me.
Am I the only one to be pick on? Am I some kind of passing dog?
On tomorrow's sports news page, it's going to be our headline.
Yeah. Could it be. that she's your girlfriend?
I thought that it would be a little while longer before I could make my move.
I'm sorry! I didn't think there would be anyone below.
I didn't think that a girl would be falling from above either.
At this rate, the loyalty of us, the Purists, will be questioned.
It appears to be a one-sided love.
Then it didn't have to be me.
Don't be so strict.
This is thought to be damage caused by the Geass invading the cerebrum.
So everything would be okay if I were strong?
I wonder if it's bad to be weak.
Wouldn't this be a good chance to get battle data on the Lancelot?
If I have Lancelot, I should be able to stop them.
There will be no shame to your family name!
There will always be the demand.
Kids will always be able to get their hands on PBJs.
And they're willing to pay, so there's a tonne of money to be made smuggling PBJs into the yard.
Well, maybe if I had a bunch of flying reindeer, then maybe it wouldn't be so hard for me to get the product into the yard.
So, anyway, my cousin's best friend's older brother's girlfriend's sister is gonna be bringing some by this afternoon, and I know it sounds a little stupid, but I'm kind of nervous to pick them up myself.
This time it was Johnny, the next time it'll be some other kid.
We could buy EpiPens so the kids who are allergic could be safe.
That would be great, Nick.
It must be killing him. Now his whole crew is like a chicken with one of its wings cut off.
Shouldn't you be over there with your new friends?
You saying you don't control what you sell? We can't be held responsible for every sandwich that we sell!
But nerds tend to be really good Ju-Ji-Mon players, so the other kids are, like, scared to play there.
It must be afternoon recess-- Excuse me.
It must be afternoon recess today!
News and current affairs
Wouldn't it be paradoxical, then, if financial alchemy could make an ingot of gold worth dramatically more?
Indeed, on the surface it seems to be its perfect antithesis: the collapse of a wall symbolizing oppression and artificial divisions versus the collapse of a seemingly indestructible and reassuring institution of financial capitalism.
Yet 2008-2009, like 1989, may very well correspond to an epochal change, whose unfolding consequences will be felt for decades.
Everyone seems to be a loser, even if some are more affected than others.
A different kind of revolution was taking place in Europe's former colonies in Asia, where native peoples had no desire to be ruled once more by Western powers, which had been so ignominiously defeated by Japan.
For a short while, many prominent people - Albert Einstein, for one - believed that only a world government would be able to ensure global peace.
All forms of leftist ideology - indeed, everything that smacked of collective idealism - came to be viewed as misguided utopianism that could lead only to the Gulag.
It cannot be the same as the 1945 consensus, but we would do well, on this anniversary, to remember why that consensus was forged in the first place.
I just took it for granted that, by the time I was, say, 40, space travel would be a common thing.
Some of today's restrictions on habeas corpus and civil liberties have sunset clauses restricting their validity; all such rules should be re-examined by parliaments regularly.
Terrorists continue to be outliers with limited appeal at best.
Drones - unmanned aircraft that are remotely steered - have proven to be effective in killing a significant number of terrorists, including many of the most important leaders.
Terrorists and terrorism cannot be eliminated any more than we can rid the world of disease.
But, in some cases, the harmonized standard could be more stringent than some countries' original standards.
Now, emboldened by continuing appreciation, some are suggesting that gold could be headed even higher than that.
And if you are really worried about that, gold might indeed be the most reliable hedge.
Even so, the fact that very high inflation is possible does not make it probable, so one should be cautious in arguing that higher gold prices are being driven by inflation expectations.
But before this new order appears, the world may be faced with spreading disorder, if not outright chaos.
We can only hope that, in the end, the consequences of 2009 similarly prove to be far less dramatic than we now - intuitively and in our historical reflexes - feel them to be.
In fact, my formal residence is in New York City, but I am about to spend most of the next five months in Russia, training to be a cosmonaut in Star City, just outside Moscow.
It is and would be wrong to make opposition to terrorism the centerpiece of what responsible governments do in the world.