countenance
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your face, or the expression on your face
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an expression on your face made by moving your eyebrows down and closer together that shows you are annoyed, worried, or thinking hard
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an ugly expression that you make by twisting your face, for example because you are in pain or do not like something
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a movement of your top lip upwards at one side in a way that shows that you are annoyed, bored, or do not respect someone
a particular feeling that someone’s eyes seem to express
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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