under protest
if you do something under protest, you say that you do not think it is right or fair
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In an unwilling way
under threat
because of being threatened
against your will
if someone makes you do something against your will, you do not want to do it
on sufferance
if you do something on sufferance, someone allows you to do it but does not really want you to do it
unwillingly
adverb
grudgingly
adverb
reluctantly
adverb
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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