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Kind and gentle and sensitive

gentle

adjective

a gentle person is kind and calm

nice

adjective

friendly, kind, and pleasant

sensitive

adjective

showing that you care about someone or something and do not want to cause offence

generous

adjective

kind, friendly, and helpful

warm

adjective

kind and friendly in a way that makes other people feel comfortable

kind

adjective

behaving in a way that shows you care about other people and want to help them

caring

adjective

kind, helpful, and sympathetic towards other people

warm-hearted

adjective

friendly, kind, and generous

tender

adjective

gentle in a way that shows that you care about someone or something

good

adjective

kind, generous, and willing to help

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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