individual
noun
a person considered separately in relation to their feelings, ideas, and thoughts
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individualistic
adjective
believing that what individual people want is more important than what society or the government wants
respective
adjective
belonging separately to each of two or more people or things previously mentioned
on a personal level
used when you are talking about how something affects you
be someone’s affair
used for saying that something is relevant or private to one person only, and other people do not have the right to make comments about it or get involved in it
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer
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a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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