fall for
to believe that a trick or a joke is true
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To be cheated or tricked
fall/be/become prey to
to be attacked, cheated, or harmed by someone bad
be/get done
to pay more money than something is worth, especially because someone has tricked you
have been had
to have been tricked or cheated, especially by having to pay too much money for something
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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