disappointment
noun
someone or something that is not as good as you thought they would be
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anticlimax
noun
something that is not as exciting as you expected it to be so that you feel disappointed
letdown
noun
something that makes you feel disappointed because it is not as good as you expected it to be
body blow
noun
a serious problem or a great disappointment, especially one that is sudden and unexpected
brave new world
noun
a society in which changes should have made people’s lives much better than before but in which people’s lives are really worse in many ways
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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