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separate

/ˈsɛp.əˌɹeɪt/ adjective A2
  1. Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else). · This chair can be disassembled into five separate pieces.
  2. Not together (with); not united (to). · I try to keep my personal life separate from work.
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hush!” murmured the dying man, “that they may not separate us if you save me!”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 206 · C1
So Edmond had to separate the branches or brush away the moss to know where the guide-marks were.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 249 · C1
The garden and the stables of course have a separate staff.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 7 · B2
“It was a long document, written in the French language, and containing twenty-six separate articles.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 63 · B2

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