break
verb
when day breaks, it starts to get light in the morning
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The coming of night and day
close in
if night or darkness closes in, it becomes night, or it gets darker
night falls
when night falls, it becomes dark
draw out
when the days draw out, it remains light for longer because it will soon be spring
draw in
when the nights or days draw in, it becomes dark earlier in the evening because it will soon be winter
close in
if the days close in, there are fewer hours of light each day because Fall is starting
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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dray
a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer
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conflict mineral
a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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