improve
verb
to become better
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To become better
look up
if a situation is looking up, it is getting better
catch up
to improve in order to reach the same standard or rate as someone or something
shape up
to improve your behaviour or your work
pick up
to improve
change for the better/worse
to start being better/worse
come a long way
to improve a lot, or to make a lot of progress
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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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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