essentials
noun B1- The information required to have a basic understanding of a topic.
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Such, in its essentials, was the evidence of the butler.
Mac, is one of the essentials of our profession.
for I dare not hope,” he continued, in a lower and more serious tone, “that he is improved in essentials.”
“In essentials, I believe, he is very much what he ever was.”
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