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  • 51reply — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ brief, monosyllabic (esp. BrE) ▪ blunt, curt, short, terse ▪ His reply was short and to the point …

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  • 52tell — verb 1 give sb information ADVERB ▪ bluntly, curtly, flatly ▪ She told me bluntly it was my own fault. ▪ gravely, seriously ▪ smugly …

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  • 53warn — verb ADVERB ▪ clearly, explicitly ▪ bluntly, firmly ▪ The chancellor bluntly warned the Cabinet to cut public spending or face higher taxes. ▪ darkly, sternl …

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  • 54mind — I n. 1) to make up one s mind 2) to make up one s mind to do smt. 3) to cultivate, develop one s mind 4) to speak one s mind 5) to change one s mind 6) to bear, keep smt. in mind 7) to bring, call smt. to mind 8) to keep one s mind on smt. 9) to… …

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  • 55speak — v. 1) ( to talk ) to speak bluntly, candidly, frankly, freely; coherently; correctly; fluently; glibly; incorrectly; irresponsibly; loudly; openly; politely; quickly, rapidly; quietly, softly; responsibly; rudely; slowly; truthfully 2) (D; intr.) …

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  • 56talk — I n. address, lecture 1) to give a talk 2) a pep; sales talk 3) a talk about, on (she gave an interesting talk on bringing up children) conversation chatter 4) to have a talk (with) 5) blunt, plain; idle, small; loose; table talk 6) a long talk… …

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  • 57put — [ put ] (past tense and past participle put) verb transitive *** ▸ 1 move something to position ▸ 2 cause to be in situation ▸ 3 write/print something ▸ 4 make someone go to place ▸ 5 give position on list ▸ 6 build/place somewhere ▸ 7 express in …

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  • 58put — [[t]p ʊt[/t]] ♦ puts, putting (The form put is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle.) 1) VERB When you put something in a particular place or position, you move it into that place or position. [V n prep/adv]… …

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  • 59plain-spoken — adj. speaks bluntly, expresses himself frankly, speaks honestly, speaks sincerely adj. obvious, evident; honest, frank; speaks bluntly, expresses himself frankly …

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  • 60plainspoken — adj. speaks bluntly, expresses himself frankly, speaks honestly, speaks sincerely adj. obvious, evident; honest, frank; speaks bluntly, expresses himself frankly …

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