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	noun • a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	30%	7		A word or phrase that qualifies or modifies another word or phrase
	noun • something added to another thing but not an essential part of it • a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another • a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence adjective satellite • furnishing added support • of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another
	30%	8		A word or phrase that can be rearranged to form a totally new word or phrase
	noun • an anagram that means the opposite of the original word or phrase

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1	A word or phrase that provides further description or context for another word or phrase
2	A word or phrase that qualifies or modifies another word or phrase
3	Informal word for fizzy water or pop; the top card of the pack in faro; or, a short word for a compound in baking/washing powder or in toothpaste Telegraph Giant General Knowledge - 11 Mar 2023	Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 11 Mar 2023
4	Material blackened by burning; an informal word for tea; a trout-like salmonid fish; an odd job or piece of housework; or, an old-fashioned word for a domestic assistant Telegraph Giant General Knowledge - 23 Sep 2023	Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 23 Sep 2023
5	Miserly (informal) — drunk (informal) The Guardian Quick - 29 Sep 2012	The Guardian Quick / 29 Sep 2012
6	Talk too long (informal) — exactly (informal) The Guardian Quick - 04 Nov 2014	The Guardian Quick / 04 Nov 2014
7	Word shortened from a three-word phrase that can be further shortened by dropping its first, fourth and fifth letters New York Times - 19 Aug 2023	New York Times / 19 Aug 2023

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