closely
adverb
in a way that involves sharing ideas, thoughts, or feelings
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expressive
adjective
clearly showing what your thoughts or feelings are, especially by your behaviour
paralinguistic
adjective
expressed in ways that do not use words, for example by the look on your face or the sound of your voice
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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