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⚪️ - juncture /ˈdʒʌŋktʃə(r)/ (noun) - formal

~ The talks are at a critical juncture.

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⚫️ - at this juncture /ˈdʒʌŋktʃə(r)/ - spoken formal

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✴️ - undergird /ʌndəˈɡəːd/ (verb)

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✳️ - undergird /ʌndəˈɡəːd/ (verb) - synonyms

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🔘 - undergird /ʌndəˈɡəːd/ (verb)

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✒️ - Ars longa, vita brevis - Latin phrase

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✒️ - Ars longa, vita brevis - Latin phrase

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✴️ - facilitate /fəˈsɪləteɪt/ (verb) - formal
= to make something possible or easier
~ The current structure does not facilitate efficient work flow.

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🌕 - word root - RUPT = break
- corrupt, erupt, rupture, disrupt, abrupt, bankrupt, interrupt

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🆚 - erupt /ɪˈrʌpt/ (verb) vs. irrupt /ɪˈrʌpt/ (verb) 🆚

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✴️ - morph (verb) /mɔː(r)f/

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✳️ - gremlin (noun) /ˈɡremlɪn/

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"The issues you avoid morph into future-crushing gremlins."
― Dan Rockwell
▶️ - unpack (verb)
One of its meanings:
= to explain or examine sg in order to make its meaning clearer:
~ He read the agreed statement to the group and then began to unpack it for them.

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"Then proverbs are quoted to summarize a certain story, or inversely, a story is told to UNPACK THE MEANING OF a proverb."
― R. Sambuli Mosha
🔘 - cross sy's path/cross paths with sy 🐾😁
​= to meet someone, especially by chance:
~ I hope I don't cross his path/cross paths with him again.

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🐳 - let your freak flag fly 🐠🐟🐡🐬🦈

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ℹ️ - tittle (noun) /ˈtɪt(ə)l/

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🌀 - sobriquet / soubriquet (noun) /ˈsəʊbrɪkeɪ/ - formal = a nickname

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