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coincide Hide phonetics
verb [I]
1 to happen at or near the same time:
I timed my holiday to coincide with the children's school holiday.
If the heavy rain had coincided with an extreme high tide, serious flooding would have resulted.

2 to be the same or similar:
Our views coincide on a range of subjects.
If our schedules coincide, we'll go to Spain together.

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rabbi Hide phonetics
noun [C]
a religious leader and teacher in the Jewish religion:
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
[as form of address] Good morning, Rabbi.

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secular Hide phonetics
adjective
not having any connection with religion:
We live in an increasingly secular society, in which religion has less and less influence on our daily lives.
secular education
a secular state

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inoffensive Hide phonetics
adjective
(especially of a person or their behaviour) not causing any harm or offence:
an inoffensive article
He seemed like a quiet, inoffensive sort of a guy.

vô thửong vô phạt

squeeze (PRESS TOGETHER) Hide phonetics
verb [T]
1 to press something firmly, especially from all sides in order to change its shape, reduce its size or remove liquid from it:
Cut the lemon in half and squeeze the juice into the bowl.
As she waited to go into the exam, he squeezed her hand (= pressed it affectionately with his hand) and wished her good luck.
Once he had finished cleaning the floor, he squeezed the cloth out.
He reloaded the gun, took aim and then squeezed (= pulled back) the trigger.
FIGURATIVE The studio is using all sorts of marketing tricks to squeeze as much profit from the movie as they can.

2 If you are squeezed by financial demands, they cause you financial problems:
Small businesses are being squeezed by heavy taxation.

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