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At first, I am annoyed because answering these questions takes so much effort.

It will be the case of can the man and woman just be friends, in the answering of the question from When Harry Met Sally.

Her voice was raspy and after answering questions she paused, as if about to faint.

It means answering the question in a way that reduces it to the importance it deserves.

Goldman, wisely, does not raise a raft of questions that drown a writer in the answering.

Serrano closes by answering certain questions about prebends, curacies, etc.

Far across the island, faintly sounding through the trees and brushwood, came a similar, answering cry.

And an answering cry sounded across the lagoon—thin, wailing, piteous.

It is well in answering a letter of invitation, to state the limits of your visit, and then to keep them.

He speaks of false prophets, answering out of their own heads and according to their own corrupt inclinations.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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