starting gate
base, basis, start, starting point, take-off
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regional accent - Yankee, accent, broad accent, brogue, burr, class dialect, dialect, dialect atlas, dialect dictionary, drawl, idiom, linguistic atlas, linguistic community, linguistic island, local dialect,
first and last - absolute, alone, celibate, lone, odd, one and only, only, singular, sole, unique
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uncouple - abrupt, abstract, alienate, cast off, cast out, cut adrift, cut off, cut out, delete, depart, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, disjoint, dissociate,
vespertine - dusk, dusky, evening
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thing of beauty - eyeful, picture, poem, vision
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confine - arena, arrest, bar, be into, be strong in, block, border line, bottle up, bound, boundary, boundary condition, boundary line, bounds, box, box in,
coordinated - adept, adroit, apt, artistic, authoritative, bravura, brilliant, clean, clever, crack, cunning, cute, deft, dexterous, diplomatic,
sparse - almost unheard-of, at a premium, broadcast, cheeseparing, chintzy, diffuse, discrete, dispersed, disseminated, dissipated, distributed, exiguous, in short supply, inappreciable, infrequent,
poniard - bayonet, blade, dagger, impale, knife, lance, pierce, plunge into, run through, spear, spike, spit, stab, stick, transfix
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fantastic notion - brainstorm, conceit, crank, craze, crazy idea, crotchet, fad, fancy, fantasy, flimflam, fool notion, freak, humour, kink, maggot,