happy birthday
a greeting you use when it is someone’s birthday
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Greetings for specific occasions
Happy Birthday/Christmas/Easter/Anniversary
used as a greeting on a particular occasion
many happy returns
used as a greeting that you say or write to someone on their birthday
Merry Christmas
used for wishing someone a happy time at Christmas
season’s greetings
used as a greeting during the Christmas period, especially on cards
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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