thoroughly
adverb
very carefully, so that nothing is missed
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In a careful and cautious way
jealously
adverb
if you guard something jealously, you look after it very carefully because you do not want anyone else to have it
with a critical eye
carefully, in order to make sure that everything is correct or good
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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