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fickle
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adjective
(= volatile)
marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments
fickle friends
a flirt's volatile affections
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adjective
(= erratic, mercurial, quicksilver)
liable to sudden unpredictable change
erratic behavior
fickle weather
mercurial twists of temperament
a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next
but
Coordinator
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You use but to join two ideas and show that they are not the same.
I would take you there, but I do not have my car.
The changes were small but important.
"Do you speak French?" "No, but I speak Spanish."
It says this not in words but in pictures.
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You use but to change the topic.
I understand. And I'm sorry. But there is nothing I can do about it now.
And that's important, but another thing that has changed is the location.
but
Preposition
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except
He ate everything but the meat.
Any day but tomorrow would be fine.
I forgot my bag. I guess there's nothing to do but go back.
but
Adverb
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only
There is but one sun and one earth to live on.
kind
Noun
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Type, variety.
She is my kind of woman.
kind
Adjective
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Good for another person.
I admired them for being so kind, helping me when no one else would.
hearted
adjective
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(in combination) Having, or shaped like, a specified form of heart.
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Seated or fixed in the heart.