need
verb
if you need something, you must have it because it is necessary
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To need something
cry out for
to clearly need something a lot
depend on
to need someone or something in order to survive or be successful
rely on
to need something in order to continue living, existing, or operating
could do with something
used for saying that you want or need something
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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