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| capable of logical and consistent speech, thought |
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| dispute, argument, or debate, esp one concerning a matter about which there is strong disagreement and esp one carried on in public or in the press |
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| planned or executed with care and exactness; detailed |
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| a point upon which attention, activity, etc, is directed or concentrated |
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| of very little importance or value |
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| to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means |
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| the deliverance and release of a person appearing before a court on a charge of crime, as by a finding of not guilty |
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| strong or vehement expression of disapproval |
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| a figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant |
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| the irony occurring when the implications of a situation, speech, etc, are understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play |
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| an outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected, the difference between what is expected to happen and what actually does |
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| the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively |
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| a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based |
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| a prolonged talk or discourse by a single speaker |
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