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  • 51speech — noun 1 speaking ADJECTIVE ▪ slurred ▪ She could tell by his slurred speech that he had been drinking. ▪ clipped ▪ casual ▪ connected …

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  • 52voice — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 sounds you make when speaking or singing ADJECTIVE ▪ beautiful, fine, good, lovely, pleasant, sweet ▪ She has a beautiful singing voice. ▪ …

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  • 53speech — n. address, talk 1) to deliver, give, make a speech 2) to ad lib, improvise a speech 3) a boring; brief, short; impromptu, unrehearsed; long; long winded; passionate; rambling; rousing, stirring speech 4) an acceptance; after dinner; campaign;… …

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  • 54slur — slur1 [slə: US slə:r] v past tense and past participle slurred present participle slurring [Sense: 1,3; Date: 1700 1800; Origin: Probably from Low German slurrn to shuffle ] [Sense: 2; Date: 1600 1700; Origin: slur thin mud (15 19 centuries)] 1.) …

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  • 55slur — 1 verb 1 (I, T) to speak unclearly without separating your words or sounds correctly: slur your words/speech: He was obviously drunk and slurring his words. 2 (T) to criticize someone or something unfairly 3 (T) to play a group of musical notes… …

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  • 56slur — [slɜː] noun [C] I a remark that is intended to insult someone or damage their reputation II verb [I/T] slur [slɜː] 1) to speak without pronouncing the words clearly or separately slurred [slɜːd] adj 2) slurred speech[/ex] …

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  • 57slur — [c]/slɜ / (say sler) verb (slurred, slurring) –verb (t) 1. to pronounce (a syllable, word, etc.) indistinctly, as in hurried or careless utterance. 2. Music a. to sing in a single breath, or play without a break (two or more notes of different… …

  • 58slur — ► VERB (slurred, slurring) 1) speak indistinctly. 2) pass over (a fact or aspect) so as to conceal or minimize it. 3) Music perform (a group of two or more notes) legato. 4) chiefly US make insinuations or allegations about. ► NOUN …

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  • 59slur — [slʉr] vt. slurred, slurring [prob. < MDu sleuren, to drag, move slowly, trail in mud: for IE base see SLUG1] 1. to pass over quickly and carelessly; make little of: often with over 2. to pronounce rapidly and indistinctly, as by combining or… …

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  • 60Bale tie — Tie Tie, n.; pl. {Ties}. [AS. t[=e]ge, t?ge, t[=i]ge. [root]64. See {Tie}, v. t.] 1. A knot; a fastening. [1913 Webster] 2. A bond; an obligation, moral or legal; as, the sacred ties of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance. [1913… …

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