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a vegetable with long, thin, whitish or pale green stems that can be eaten uncooked or cooked
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celery
someone who kills a famous or important person, usually for political reasons or in exchange for money
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assassin
a type of large elephant, now extinct, that was covered in hair and had tusks
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mammoth
(of a tree) producing cones, and having leaves that do not fall off in the winter
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coniferous
the hard oval-shaped fruit of a type of evergreen tree (= one that never loses its leaves), called a conifer
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cone
an evergreen tree (= one that never loses its leaves) with flat leaves like needles and small, red fruits
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yew
a person who will legally receive money, property, or a title from another person, especially an older member of the same family, when that other person dies
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heir
a small piece of rubber used to remove the marks made by a pencil
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eraser
a very large bird from Africa that cannot fly
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ostrich
(an act of) murder
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homicide
the sound that a phone makes, especially a mobile phone when someone calls it
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ringtone
to defend or support a particular idea or a person who is being criticized or attacked
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stand up for sth/sb
If you ..., you agree to do something that you do not consider to be good enough for your social position
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condescend to do something
to remove a covering like a curtain from a new structure at a formal ceremony in order to show the opening or finishing of a new building or work of art
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unveil
If you ... something new, you show it or make it known for the first time
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unveil
not easily or quickly noticed or seen, or not attracting attention
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inconspicuous
the people who will exist in the future
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posterity
able to be seen or understood
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discernible
small in numbers or amount, often spread over a large area
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sparse
(something with) a curved shape that has two narrow pointed ends, like the moon when it is less than half of a circle
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crescent
to cause something to have no effect
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negate
(of a plan or idea) not certain or agreed, or (of a suggestion or action) said or done in a careful but uncertain way because you do not know if you are right
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tentative

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