856
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
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in addition
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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Angeles
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in or near a particular place or position
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BenjaminnounUS /ˈbendʒəmən/
gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation
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a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
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Bound written or printed works.
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a male with the same parents as someone else
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plural of “brother” — a male with the same parents as someone else
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BurkenounUS /bɜːrk/
British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797)
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Cal
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King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
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a young person of either sex
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a female human offspring
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dearly loved
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dedicateverbUS /ˈdedəkeɪt/
give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
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Dr
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a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
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Fifty-seventh
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FranklinnounUS /ˈfræŋklɪn/
United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (born in 1915)
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plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
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plural of “give” — the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
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a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
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relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
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belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
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a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
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the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
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a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
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Jennie
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a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
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Los
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appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
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used to say something is possible, or to give permission
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the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
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Millie
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a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
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a form of address for a man
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a form of address for a married woman
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belonging to the person speaking
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and nothing more
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a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
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Perkins
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a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
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a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
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readersnounUS /ˈriːdərz/
plural of “reader” — a person who enjoys reading
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plural of “sister” — a female person who has the same parents as another person
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disposed of to a purchaser
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a male human offspring
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a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
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having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
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used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
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the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
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used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
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the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
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WildernounUS /ˈwaɪldər/
United States writer and dramatist (1897-1975)
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WillardnounUS /ˈwɪlərd/
United States advocate of temperance and women's suffrage (1839-1898)
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