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deception

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deceive

his attempts at deception

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controversy

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بحث، بگو مگر

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trick

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ways they play tricks on other animals

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poisonous

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non-poisonous butterflies, that have come to look like poisonous ones

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end up

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Right, like, there are male frogs who lower their voices and end up sounding bigger than they really are.

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territory

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So they do that to keep other frogs from invading their territory ?

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bid

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But there is another company bidding too

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Sale

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There are risks with pricing too high, the other company might get the sale,

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outcomes

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game theory creates mathematical models that analyze different conditions like this to predict outcomes.

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reinforce

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1to give support to an opinion, idea, or feeling, and make it stronger:

The film reinforces the idea that women should be pretty and dumb.

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comparison

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But the branch of historical linguistics, involves the comparison of several different languages, or the comparison of different stages of a single language.

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galaxy

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كهكشان

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interfere

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interfere

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lit

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Light

1light something ↔ up to give light to a place or to shine light on something:
The flames lit up the sky.
The fountain is lit up at night.

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ambient

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ambient light.

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scatter

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, it scatters in all directions

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bounce off

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Bounce off

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give up

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Ok, then we might as well give up on optical astronomy and go with radio astronomy.

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faint

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are extremely faint

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pesticide

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I like the fact that organic farms don’t use chemical pesticides or anything that can pollute the soil or the water.

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Pursue

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But if you wish to pursue this further, to my boss. I suggest that you talk

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truck

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organically grown fruits and vegetables that must be trucked in from California,

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marsh

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مرداب

Salt marsh

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tide

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The water is salty, there is little shade and the ocean tide comes in and out, constantly flooding the marsh,

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Withstand
they are able to withstand highly saline conditions
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excrete
Another adaptation to the salty environment is the ability to excrete excess salt back to the environment.
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cope
But coping with salt is not the only challenge for plants in the salt marsh.
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reddish
Reddish mud Red
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anchor
Anchor So as you might have guessed, they have developed a means of solidly anchoring themselves into the soil.
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Interlock
Interlock
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perish
the plants form a kind of colony, a community that will thrive and perish together
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resilient
Of course the plants in these colonies also need tough resilient stems above the soil,
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Inflate
the cells are always fully inflated,
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snap
the plant is able to withstand great pressure befor snapping
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wilt
wilt
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portrait
Portraiture
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Insight
portraits convey the artists’ personal vision, like their feelings and insights about a person.
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Nephew
the painting featured her sister and her nephew
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catch
What catches your eye first.
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Contemplative
contemplate | they make the woman seem very comtemplative
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Strike
But what strikes me is the contrasting colors,
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Vague
background behind the woman is pretty vague
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likeness
resemblance
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Honor
We can't always honor individual requests.
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Honor
We can't always honor individual requests.
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Honor
We can't always honor individual requests.