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/ 飞蓽藧诲锄 /
plural noun
- the text of a part of an actor, etc
- the text or lyrics of a song, as opposed to the music
- angry speech (esp in the phrase have words with someone )
- eat one's wordsto retract a statement
- for wordspreceded bytoo and an adjective or adverb indescribably; extremely
the play was too funny for words
- have no words forto be incapable of describing
- in other wordsexpressing the same idea but differently
- in so many wordsexplicitly or precisely
- of few wordsnot talkative
- of many wordstalkative
- put into wordsto express in speech or writing as well as thought
- say a few wordsto give a brief speech
- take the words out of someone's mouthto say exactly what someone else was about to say
- words fail meI am too happy, sad, amazed, etc, to express my thoughts
Example Sentences
On Monday, party spokesperson Lisa Smart said MPs "owe it to" victims to not just "offer words of support, but to deliver justice and bring offenders to account".
If an attorney general using those words doesn't make your blood run cold, you're not paying attention.
In other words, a powerful earthquake in this area would risk 鈥渄rastically altering shorelines and causing profound, lasting impacts to coastal populations, infrastructure, and ecosystems,鈥 the study said.
鈥淚n other words, the incivility didn鈥檛 start with RTO 鈥 it was just harder to see when people were apart,鈥 she said.
"We've heard some warm words鈥 but nothing has come out yet."
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