improvement
noun
the state of being better than before, or the process of making something better than it was before
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self-improvement
noun
things that you do to make yourself become a better person, for example learning new things
a change for the better/worse
something new or different that will make a situation better/worse
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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