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maintain

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  1. to keep in existence
    to maintain good relations with family members
  2. to keep in good condition
    to maintain roads
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peer

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a person who is equal to another in abilities, qualifications, age, background, and social status

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decrease

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to lessen

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measure

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1. a unit or standard of measurement:
weights and measures.
2. a system of measurement:
liquid measure.
3. an instrument, as a graduated rod or a container of standard capacity, for measuring
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apart

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nto pieces or parts; to pieces:

to take a watch apart; an old barn falling apart from decay

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several

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being more than two but fewer than many in number or kind:

several ways of doing it.

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simplify

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  1. to make as easy as possible

2. to express a fraction in simplest form

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same difference

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it’s the same thing, I don’t care which one

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