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showing no emotion or no sign of understanding something or recognizing someone
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Showing no emotions and unaffected by emotions
undemonstrative
adjective
tending not to express your feelings towards other people, for example by not kissing or touching them
passive
adjective
accepting what happens without trying to control or change events or to react to things
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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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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