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To change your opinion or feelings.
To continue until the end.
Generally; mostly.
Alert, quick to understand, and able to react well.
Practical, realistic, and humble.
Too soon to know the result.
To cost a lot of money.
To relax after worry or danger has passed.
To avoid attention or notice.
To fail to remember or find an answer.
To make something seem much worse than it is.
The hottest days of summer.
Fixed and impossible to change.
A situation that is unclear or not clearly defined.
To understand something by connecting facts.
To become clear or organized.
Privately, not in public.
To have no support for an argument.
Being prepared or developed.
Anger or dislike between people because of past problems.
To have something as the main point or reason.
A person or thing with great potential but not yet fully developed.
To be less critical of someone.
To succeed despite low chances.
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