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relapsing
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noun
(= backsliding)
a failure to maintain a higher state
fever
Noun
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A fever is when you are hot because you are sick and your temperature will be higher than normal.
I took some medicine to lower my fever.
Our son had a fever of 102 degrees Fahrenheit (39 Celsius).
tick
Noun
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A tick is a mark, used to show that something is right.
The teacher put a tick on the correct answer.
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A tick is a small bug.
The dog was scratching because it had a tick in its ear.
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A tick is a clicking noise that keeps going.
It was very quiet, and the only sound she could hear was the tick of the old clock.
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A tick is small line used to show a measure or a count.
tick
Verb
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If something ticks, it is making clicking noises.
The clocked ticked on as I waited.
Its a ticking time-bomb. (It is like the clock on the bomb is ticking as time runs out.)