sweep aside
to ignore someone or something, or to refuse to consider them
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To pretend something is not happening or is not the case
gloss over
to ignore or avoid unpleasant facts
wink at
to pretend that you have not noticed something or do not know about it, because you do not approve of it
connive
verb
to ignore behaviour or an activity that is wrong, or to do nothing to stop it, so that you seem to approve of it
turn a blind eye (to something)
to pretend you do not notice something, because you should do something about it but you do not want to
look the other way
to deliberately ignore something bad that is happening
cover up
to hide the truth about something by not telling what you know or by preventing other people from telling what they know
pass over
to ignore or not mention a statement or subject
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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