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frontier

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  1. the part of a country that borders another country

2. the land or territory that forms the furthest extent of a country’s settled area

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goal

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  1. the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
  2. a pole, line, or other marker by which such a point is indicated. Soccer goal.
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boast

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  1. to speak with exaggeration and excessive pride, especially about oneself. Brag.
  2. to speak with pride (often followed by of):
    He boasted of his family’s wealth.
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prime

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  1. of the first importance; demanding the fullest consideration:
    a prime requisite.
  2. of the greatest example
    a prime example.
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expose

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  1. to lay open to danger, attack, harm, etc.:
    to expose soldiers to gunfire; to expose one’s character to attack.
  2. to lay open to something specified:
    to expose oneself to the influence of bad companions.
  3. to uncover or bare to the air, cold, etc.:
    to expose one’s head to the rain.
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glare

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  1. a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
    in the glare of sunlight.
  2. a fiercely or angrily piercing stare.
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reflect

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  1. to think about something after it happened.
    EX: I reflected on the mistake I made and now I know how to not do it again.
  2. to see a copy of an image in another place (mirror)
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that’s amazing

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sarcastic saying, when someone tells you something and you act like you care but really you don’t. (should be used as funny not mean)

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Did you know?

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A crocodile can’t poke its tongue out.

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