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  • noun Plural form of word.
  • noun informal An angry discussion.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of word.

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  • noun words making up the dialogue of a play
  • noun the words that are spoken
  • noun the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number
  • noun an angry dispute
  • noun language that is spoken or written

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    January 23, 2007

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    Thank you Arthur Somers Roche.

    February 16, 2008

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    Scene Two.

    Shakespeare.

    March 3, 2008

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