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/wɜɹdz/ noun A1- Angry debate or conversation; argument. · After she found out the truth, she had words with him, to tell him how she felt.
- The lines in a script for a performance. · You better get your words memorised before rehearsal next Sat.
- Lyrics. · The composer set the words to music.
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Then a low, quiet voice came from the Ball of Fire, and these were the words it spoke:
Still Matthew said nothing and Marilla had a sense of having wasted words and breath.
The little old woman took the slate from her nose, and having read the words on it, asked, “Is your name Dorothy, my dear?”
His words were re-echoed by the whole party, with vociferous cheers.
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