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Book 76% connected

A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing c…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Script 76% connected

A writing; a written document.

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Talk 76% connected

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Talking 76% connected

of Talk

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Speech 70% connected

The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dialogue 92% connected

A conversation between two or more persons; particularly, a formal conservation in theatrical performances or in scholastic exercises.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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