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90% of the time, speakers of English use just 7,500 words in speech and writing. These words appear in red, and are graded with stars. One-star words are frequent, two-star words are more frequent, and three-star words are the most frequent.

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  1. the day after Wednesday and before Friday

    American English synonyms or related words for this sense of Thursday

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a percussion instrument used by football fans which makes a rattling sound when shaken

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the process of giving freedom and rights to someone

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