appearance
noun
the way that someone or something looks
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externals
noun
the way that someone or something appears from the outside, especially when this is different from the way they really are
surface
noun
the way that someone or something looks or seems while their true feeling or character remains hidden
under/in the guise of
looking like someone or something else, or pretending to be them
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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