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| explaining carefully and in great detail |
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| a statement that seems to contradict common sense but which is nevertheless true |
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unsophisticated; having a limited
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| examining one’s own thoughts and feelings |
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| temporary; fleeting; short-lived |
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| something out of place in time, such as a calculator in the age of cave men |
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| moving involuntarily and uncontrollably |
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| short accounts of incidents |
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| word for word, exactly as spoken |
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| an exaggerated, mocking imitation of someone |
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| an important king of Babylon who conquered Jerusalem and lived from 605 to 562 B.C. |
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| endless, never-ending, unending, nonstop, everlasting |
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| treating someone or something with fairness |
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| a gate; the place or point of entering or beginning |
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| a system of parts working together in a machine; a piece of machinery. |
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| a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true. |
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| a temporary platform or floor used to build something else |
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| a system in which all goods are owned by everyone and are available to all as needed |
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| future generations; offspring |
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| worth admiring for its tasteful beauty; very fine |
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| a low wall or railing to protect the edge of a platform, roof, or bridge |
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| overconfidence; foolhardiness |
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| a green or bluish color formed by deposits of copper carbonates on certain metallic surfaces |
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| an ancient Egyptian image with the body of a lion and a man’s head, a ram’s head, or a hawk’s head |
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| light, barely perceptible |
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| moving back and forth uncertainly |
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| either of two times in the year when the sun is farthest from the equator: June 22 or December 22 |
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