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damaging effects

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ravages of

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dangerous

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perilous

precarious

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daydreaming

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lost in reverie

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deadlock

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impasse

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deadly

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pernicious

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deal with

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contend with

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debate

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verbal volley

barbed exchanges

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debatable

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open to dispute

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deceit

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duplicity

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decency

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propriety

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deception

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subterfuge
artifice
ruse

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deceptive

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illusory

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decided to

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resolved to

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decided already

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preordained

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declare

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process

avow

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declare sacred

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sanctify

consecrate

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decorated with

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embellished with

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decoration

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flourish

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decrease (it will decrease)

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subside

abate

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dedicated

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devout

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deduction

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corollary

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deep down

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at heart

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deep rooted

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congenital

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defense

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deterrant

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defensible

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tenable

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definitely

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invariably

categorically

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delaying strategy

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dilatory strategy

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delicate

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ethereal

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delicious

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succulent

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deliver

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render

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demanding

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exacting

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demote

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consign

relegate

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denied rights

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disenfranchised

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deny an accusation

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disavow any knowledge of

repudiate

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deny oneself

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abstain from

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depending on each other

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interdependent

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depends on

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contingent upon

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depiction

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a rendering

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depressed

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dispondent

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deprived of

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bereft of

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deserted

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desolate

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deserved

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warranted

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despicable

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beneath contempt

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destory

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eradicate

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details

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intricacies

nuances

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detail oriented

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meticulous

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deteriorate

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calcify

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determination

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grit

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determined to

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bent on

resolved to

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develop

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cultivate

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developing

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formative

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device

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contrivance

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devious

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aberrant

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devoted

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ardent

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did it differently this time

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made a departure form his ordinary routine

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did it to yourself

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it was self-imposed

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did not mean to say that

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i misspoke

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difference

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disparity

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different

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runs counter to

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different form of

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a variant of

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difficult

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daunting
arduous
formidable

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difficult problem

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arduous problem

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difficult to understand

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abstruse

convoluted

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dig

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excavate

unearth

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diligent

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assiduous

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dilute

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adulterate

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direction

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trajectory

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directly

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squarely

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dirty (to dirty)

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sully

defile

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dis

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belittle
disparage
deride

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disagree

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at odds with

take exception

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disagreeing

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discordant

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disappointed

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despondent

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disappointing

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disheartening

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disapproving

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reproachful

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disaster

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calamity

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disconnected

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untethered

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discontinue

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dispense with

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discourage

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dissuade

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discouraging

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dispiriting

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disease

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contagion

affliction

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disgruntled

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disaffected

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disgusting

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abhorrent
repugnant
vile

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dishonest

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disingenuous

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dislike

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hold in low regard

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dismiss

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relegate

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display

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exhibits

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disrespect

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desecrate
slight
discount
belittle

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disrespectful

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impertinent
insolent
dismissive

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distracting

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diversionary

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distressing

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vexing

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divided into

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comprised of

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divided up

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apportioned

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division

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dichotomy

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divisive

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separative

polarizing

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do not claim to be

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make no pretensions to

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do not do any good

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are ineffectual

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do whatever it takes

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are expedient

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do without

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forgo

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do you have a minute

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can you spare a moment

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doable

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feasible

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dodge

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circumvent

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dodge the question

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prevaricate

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does that

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indulges in

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does not

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fails to

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does not belong

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is incongruous

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doesn’t care

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apathetic

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doing

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engaged in

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doing a number on

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wrecking havoc on

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dominate

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impose

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domineering

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autocratic

imperious

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done because

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was prompted in part by

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done openly

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overt

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double meaning

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double entendre

innuendo

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doubtful

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equivocal

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doubting

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incredulous

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doubts

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misgivings

reservations

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doughy (undercooked)

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sodden

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downgrade

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relegate

consign

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drafted

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conscripted

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draw a boundary

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demarcate

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dreamed of

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harbored the ambition

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dried out

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parched

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drive off

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dispel

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drive out

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oust

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drive through the curve

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negotiate the curve

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driving force

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the impetus for

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drugs

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contraband

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drunkeness

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insobriety

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dry

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arid

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dug

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bore

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dull

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trite

pallid

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dumb

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unenlightened

of questionable intellect

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dumb idea

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ill-conceived

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dumb move

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gaff

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dutiful

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resolute in the performance of her duty

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dying to

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can scarcely contain her

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