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slight
Adjective
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A slight increase, difference, etc. is a small change.
This year's 5.6% level is a slight increase from last year's 5.4%.
Don't worry about me. It's just a slight pain
I don't have the slightest idea what she meant.
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If someone is slight, they are thin.
Out stepped a slight, middle-aged woman who smiled kindly.
slight
Verb
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If you slight someone, you treat them as if they were not important.
Ever since that time, he's been slighted by his fellow workers.
slight
Noun
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A slight is when you are not polite to someone.
Has she forgiven him for his slight?
damage
Noun
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If something has some damage, there is something broken or hurt.
Their car hit a truck, but luckily there was very little damage to the car.
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Money that someone has to pay someone else because something was damaged or someone was hurt.
The reason his car hit another car was that he did something wrong, so he had to pay damages to the owner of the other car.
damage
Verb
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If you damage something, you break or hurt it.
All those cigarettes have damaged her health.
The factory has caused significant damage to the local environment.