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To guard against the tyranny of a numerical majority, Calhoun developed his theory of `` concurrent majority '', which, he said, `` by giving to each portion of the community which may be unequally affected by the action of government, a negative on the others, prevents all partial or local legislation ''.
giving
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To guard against the tyranny of a numerical majority, Calhoun developed his theory of `` concurrent majority '', which, he said, `` by giving to each portion of the community which may be unequally affected by the action of government, a negative on the others, prevents all partial or local legislation ''.
portion
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To guard against the tyranny of a numerical majority, Calhoun developed his theory of `` concurrent majority '', which, he said, `` by giving to each portion of the community which may be unequally affected by the action of government, a negative on the others, prevents all partial or local legislation ''.
community
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To guard against the tyranny of a numerical majority, Calhoun developed his theory of `` concurrent majority '', which, he said, `` by giving to each portion of the community which may be unequally affected by the action of government, a negative on the others, prevents all partial or local legislation ''.
be
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To guard against the tyranny of a numerical majority, Calhoun developed his theory of `` concurrent majority '', which, he said, `` by giving to each portion of the community which may be unequally affected by the action of government, a negative on the others, prevents all partial or local legislation ''.
unequally
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[ "in an unequal or partial manner" ]
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To guard against the tyranny of a numerical majority, Calhoun developed his theory of `` concurrent majority '', which, he said, `` by giving to each portion of the community which may be unequally affected by the action of government, a negative on the others, prevents all partial or local legislation ''.
affected
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To guard against the tyranny of a numerical majority, Calhoun developed his theory of `` concurrent majority '', which, he said, `` by giving to each portion of the community which may be unequally affected by the action of government, a negative on the others, prevents all partial or local legislation ''.
action
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To guard against the tyranny of a numerical majority, Calhoun developed his theory of `` concurrent majority '', which, he said, `` by giving to each portion of the community which may be unequally affected by the action of government, a negative on the others, prevents all partial or local legislation ''.
government
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To guard against the tyranny of a numerical majority, Calhoun developed his theory of `` concurrent majority '', which, he said, `` by giving to each portion of the community which may be unequally affected by the action of government, a negative on the others, prevents all partial or local legislation ''.
negative
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To guard against the tyranny of a numerical majority, Calhoun developed his theory of `` concurrent majority '', which, he said, `` by giving to each portion of the community which may be unequally affected by the action of government, a negative on the others, prevents all partial or local legislation ''.
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To guard against the tyranny of a numerical majority, Calhoun developed his theory of `` concurrent majority '', which, he said, `` by giving to each portion of the community which may be unequally affected by the action of government, a negative on the others, prevents all partial or local legislation ''.
partial
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To guard against the tyranny of a numerical majority, Calhoun developed his theory of `` concurrent majority '', which, he said, `` by giving to each portion of the community which may be unequally affected by the action of government, a negative on the others, prevents all partial or local legislation ''.
local
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To guard against the tyranny of a numerical majority, Calhoun developed his theory of `` concurrent majority '', which, he said, `` by giving to each portion of the community which may be unequally affected by the action of government, a negative on the others, prevents all partial or local legislation ''.
legislation
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Who will say that our country is even now a homogeneous community?
say
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Who will say that our country is even now a homogeneous community?
country
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Who will say that our country is even now a homogeneous community?
is
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Who will say that our country is even now a homogeneous community?
even
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Who will say that our country is even now a homogeneous community?
now
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Who will say that our country is even now a homogeneous community?
homogeneous
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Who will say that our country is even now a homogeneous community?
community
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that regional peculiarities do not still exist?
regional
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that regional peculiarities do not still exist?
peculiarities
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that regional peculiarities do not still exist?
not
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that regional peculiarities do not still exist?
still
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that regional peculiarities do not still exist?
exist
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that the Court order does not unequally affect the Southern region?
Court order
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that the Court order does not unequally affect the Southern region?
not
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that the Court order does not unequally affect the Southern region?
unequally
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[ "in an unequal or partial manner" ]
[ "unequally%4:02:02::" ]
that the Court order does not unequally affect the Southern region?
affect
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[ "affect%2:30:00::" ]
that the Court order does not unequally affect the Southern region?
Southern
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that the Court order does not unequally affect the Southern region?
region
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Who will deny that in a vast portion of the South the Federal action is incompatible with the Jeffersonian concept of `` the consent of the governed ''?
deny
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Who will deny that in a vast portion of the South the Federal action is incompatible with the Jeffersonian concept of `` the consent of the governed ''?
vast
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Who will deny that in a vast portion of the South the Federal action is incompatible with the Jeffersonian concept of `` the consent of the governed ''?
portion
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Who will deny that in a vast portion of the South the Federal action is incompatible with the Jeffersonian concept of `` the consent of the governed ''?
South
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Who will deny that in a vast portion of the South the Federal action is incompatible with the Jeffersonian concept of `` the consent of the governed ''?
Federal
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Who will deny that in a vast portion of the South the Federal action is incompatible with the Jeffersonian concept of `` the consent of the governed ''?
action
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Who will deny that in a vast portion of the South the Federal action is incompatible with the Jeffersonian concept of `` the consent of the governed ''?
is
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Who will deny that in a vast portion of the South the Federal action is incompatible with the Jeffersonian concept of `` the consent of the governed ''?
incompatible
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[ "incompatible%3:00:01::" ]
Who will deny that in a vast portion of the South the Federal action is incompatible with the Jeffersonian concept of `` the consent of the governed ''?
Jeffersonian
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Who will deny that in a vast portion of the South the Federal action is incompatible with the Jeffersonian concept of `` the consent of the governed ''?
concept
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[ "concept%1:09:00::" ]
Who will deny that in a vast portion of the South the Federal action is incompatible with the Jeffersonian concept of `` the consent of the governed ''?
consent
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Who will deny that in a vast portion of the South the Federal action is incompatible with the Jeffersonian concept of `` the consent of the governed ''?
governed
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Circumstances alter cases.
Circumstances
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[ "circumstance%1:26:01::" ]
Circumstances alter cases.
alter
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[ "alter%2:30:01::" ]
Circumstances alter cases.
cases
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A friend of mine in New Mexico said the Court order had caused no particular trouble out there, that all had gone as merry as a marriage bell.
friend
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A friend of mine in New Mexico said the Court order had caused no particular trouble out there, that all had gone as merry as a marriage bell.
New Mexico
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A friend of mine in New Mexico said the Court order had caused no particular trouble out there, that all had gone as merry as a marriage bell.
said
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A friend of mine in New Mexico said the Court order had caused no particular trouble out there, that all had gone as merry as a marriage bell.
Court order
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A friend of mine in New Mexico said the Court order had caused no particular trouble out there, that all had gone as merry as a marriage bell.
caused
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A friend of mine in New Mexico said the Court order had caused no particular trouble out there, that all had gone as merry as a marriage bell.
particular
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A friend of mine in New Mexico said the Court order had caused no particular trouble out there, that all had gone as merry as a marriage bell.
there
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A friend of mine in New Mexico said the Court order had caused no particular trouble out there, that all had gone as merry as a marriage bell.
gone
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A friend of mine in New Mexico said the Court order had caused no particular trouble out there, that all had gone as merry as a marriage bell.
as
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A friend of mine in New Mexico said the Court order had caused no particular trouble out there, that all had gone as merry as a marriage bell.
merry
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A friend of mine in New Mexico said the Court order had caused no particular trouble out there, that all had gone as merry as a marriage bell.
marriage
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A friend of mine in New Mexico said the Court order had caused no particular trouble out there, that all had gone as merry as a marriage bell.
bell
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He seemed a little surprised that it should have caused any particular trouble anywhere.
seemed
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He seemed a little surprised that it should have caused any particular trouble anywhere.
a little
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He seemed a little surprised that it should have caused any particular trouble anywhere.
surprised
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He seemed a little surprised that it should have caused any particular trouble anywhere.
caused
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He seemed a little surprised that it should have caused any particular trouble anywhere.
particular
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He seemed a little surprised that it should have caused any particular trouble anywhere.
anywhere
{ "name": "anywhere", "sense_definitions_list": [ "at or in or to any place; ; (`anyplace' is used informally for `anywhere')" ] }
[ "at or in or to any place; ; (`anyplace' is used informally for `anywhere')" ]
[ "anywhere%4:02:00::" ]
I murmured something about a possible difference between New Mexico 's history and Mississippi 's.
murmured
{ "name": "murmur", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech", "a schwa that is incidental to the pronunciation of a consonant", "an abnormal sound of the heart; sometimes a sign of abnormal func...
[ "speak softly or indistinctly" ]
[ "murmur%2:32:00::" ]
I murmured something about a possible difference between New Mexico 's history and Mississippi 's.
possible
{ "name": "possible", "sense_definitions_list": [ "something that can be done", "an applicant who might be suitable", "capable of happening or existing", "existing in possibility" ] }
[ "existing in possibility" ]
[ "possible%3:00:04::" ]
I murmured something about a possible difference between New Mexico 's history and Mississippi 's.
difference
{ "name": "difference", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the quality of being unlike or dissimilar", "a variation that deviates from the standard or norm", "a disagreement or argument about something important", "a significant change", "the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when...
[ "the quality of being unlike or dissimilar" ]
[ "difference%1:07:00::" ]
I murmured something about a possible difference between New Mexico 's history and Mississippi 's.
New Mexico
{ "name": "new_mexico", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a state in southwestern United States on the Mexican border" ] }
[ "a state in southwestern United States on the Mexican border" ]
[ "new_mexico%1:15:00::" ]
I murmured something about a possible difference between New Mexico 's history and Mississippi 's.
history
{ "name": "history", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the aggregate of past events", "a record or narrative description of past events", "the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings", "the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present ...
[ "a record or narrative description of past events" ]
[ "history%1:10:00::" ]
I murmured something about a possible difference between New Mexico 's history and Mississippi 's.
Mississippi
{ "name": "mississippi", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a major North American river and the chief river of the United States; rises in northern Minnesota and flows southward into the Gulf of Mexico", "a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War...
[ "a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War" ]
[ "mississippi%1:15:00::" ]
One can meet with aloofness almost anywhere : the Thank-Heaven-We 're - not-Involved viewpoint, It Does n't Affect Us!
aloofness
{ "name": "aloofness", "sense_definitions_list": [ "indifference by personal withdrawal", "a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner" ] }
[ "indifference by personal withdrawal" ]
[ "aloofness%1:12:02::" ]
One can meet with aloofness almost anywhere : the Thank-Heaven-We 're - not-Involved viewpoint, It Does n't Affect Us!
almost
{ "name": "almost", "sense_definitions_list": [ "(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but" ] }
[ "(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but" ]
[ "almost%4:02:00::" ]
One can meet with aloofness almost anywhere : the Thank-Heaven-We 're - not-Involved viewpoint, It Does n't Affect Us!
anywhere
{ "name": "anywhere", "sense_definitions_list": [ "at or in or to any place; ; (`anyplace' is used informally for `anywhere')" ] }
[ "at or in or to any place; ; (`anyplace' is used informally for `anywhere')" ]
[ "anywhere%4:02:00::" ]
One can meet with aloofness almost anywhere : the Thank-Heaven-We 're - not-Involved viewpoint, It Does n't Affect Us!
viewpoint
{ "name": "viewpoint", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a mental position from which things are viewed", "a place from which something can be viewed" ] }
[ "a mental position from which things are viewed" ]
[ "viewpoint%1:09:00::" ]
One can meet with aloofness almost anywhere : the Thank-Heaven-We 're - not-Involved viewpoint, It Does n't Affect Us!
Affect
{ "name": "affect", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion", "have an effect upon", "act physically on; have an effect upon", "connect closely and often incriminatingly", "make believe with the intent to deceive", "have an emotional or cognitive im...
[ "have an effect upon" ]
[ "affect%2:30:00::" ]
Southern Liberals ( there are a good many ) - especially if they 're rich - often exhibit blithe insouciance.
Southern
{ "name": "southern", "sense_definitions_list": [ "in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line", "situated in or oriented toward the south", "situated in or coming from regions of the south", "from the south; used especially of wind" ] }
[ "in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line" ]
[ "southern%3:00:02::" ]
Southern Liberals ( there are a good many ) - especially if they 're rich - often exhibit blithe insouciance.
Liberals
{ "name": "liberal", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties", "a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets", "showing or characterized by broad-mindedness", "having p...
[ "a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties" ]
[ "liberal%1:18:00::" ]
Southern Liberals ( there are a good many ) - especially if they 're rich - often exhibit blithe insouciance.
are
{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...
[ "have an existence, be extant" ]
[ "be%2:42:00::" ]
Southern Liberals ( there are a good many ) - especially if they 're rich - often exhibit blithe insouciance.
a good many
{ "name": "many", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number" ] }
[ "a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number" ]
[ "many%3:00:00::" ]
Southern Liberals ( there are a good many ) - especially if they 're rich - often exhibit blithe insouciance.
especially
{ "name": "especially", "sense_definitions_list": [ "to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common", "in a special manner" ] }
[ "to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common" ]
[ "especially%4:02:00::" ]
Southern Liberals ( there are a good many ) - especially if they 're rich - often exhibit blithe insouciance.
're
{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...
[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]
[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
Southern Liberals ( there are a good many ) - especially if they 're rich - often exhibit blithe insouciance.
rich
{ "name": "rich", "sense_definitions_list": [ "people who have possessions and wealth (considered as a group)", "possessing material wealth", "having an abundant supply of desirable qualities or substances (especially natural resources)", "of great worth or quality", "marked by great fruitfulnes...
[ "possessing material wealth" ]
[ "rich%3:00:00::" ]
Southern Liberals ( there are a good many ) - especially if they 're rich - often exhibit blithe insouciance.
often
{ "name": "often", "sense_definitions_list": [ "many times at short intervals", "frequently or in great quantities", "in many cases or instances" ] }
[ "many times at short intervals" ]
[ "often%4:02:00::" ]
Southern Liberals ( there are a good many ) - especially if they 're rich - often exhibit blithe insouciance.
exhibit
{ "name": "exhibit", "sense_definitions_list": [ "an object or statement produced before a court of law and referred to while giving evidence", "something shown to the public", "show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill", "to show, make visible or apparent", "give an exhibition of to an i...
[ "show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill" ]
[ "exhibit%2:42:00::" ]
Southern Liberals ( there are a good many ) - especially if they 're rich - often exhibit blithe insouciance.
blithe
{ "name": "blithe", "sense_definitions_list": [ "lacking or showing a lack of due concern", "carefree and happy and lighthearted" ] }
[ "lacking or showing a lack of due concern" ]
[ "blithe%5:00:00:unconcerned:00" ]
Southern Liberals ( there are a good many ) - especially if they 're rich - often exhibit blithe insouciance.
insouciance
{ "name": "insouciance", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you" ] }
[ "the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you" ]
[ "insouciance%1:12:00::" ]
The trouble here is that it 's almost too easy to take the high moral ground when it does n't cost you anything.
trouble
{ "name": "trouble", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a source of difficulty", "an angry disturbance", "an event causing distress or pain", "an effort that is inconvenient", "a strong feeling of anxiety", "an unwanted pregnancy", "move deeply", "to cause inconvenience or discomfort to", ...
[ "a source of difficulty" ]
[ "trouble%1:09:00::" ]
The trouble here is that it 's almost too easy to take the high moral ground when it does n't cost you anything.
here
{ "name": "here", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the present location; this place", "queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology; sister and wife of Zeus remembered for her jealously of the many mortal women Zeus fell in love with; identified with Roman Juno", "being here now", "in or at thi...
[ "in this circumstance or respect or on this point or detail" ]
[ "here%4:02:02::" ]
The trouble here is that it 's almost too easy to take the high moral ground when it does n't cost you anything.
is
{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...
[ "be identical to; be someone or something" ]
[ "be%2:42:06::" ]
The trouble here is that it 's almost too easy to take the high moral ground when it does n't cost you anything.
's
{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...
[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]
[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
The trouble here is that it 's almost too easy to take the high moral ground when it does n't cost you anything.
almost
{ "name": "almost", "sense_definitions_list": [ "(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but" ] }
[ "(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but" ]
[ "almost%4:02:00::" ]
The trouble here is that it 's almost too easy to take the high moral ground when it does n't cost you anything.
too
{ "name": "too", "sense_definitions_list": [ "to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits", "in addition" ] }
[ "to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits" ]
[ "too%4:02:00::" ]
The trouble here is that it 's almost too easy to take the high moral ground when it does n't cost you anything.
easy
{ "name": "easy", "sense_definitions_list": [ "posing no difficulty; requiring little effort", "not hurried or forced", "free from worry or anxiety", "affording pleasure", "having little impact", "readily exploited or tricked", "in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich", ...
[ "posing no difficulty; requiring little effort" ]
[ "easy%3:00:01::" ]
The trouble here is that it 's almost too easy to take the high moral ground when it does n't cost you anything.
take
{ "name": "take", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property", "the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption", "carry out", "require (time or space)", "take somebody somewhere", "get into ...
[ "pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives" ]
[ "take%2:31:01::" ]
The trouble here is that it 's almost too easy to take the high moral ground when it does n't cost you anything.
high
{ "name": "high", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a lofty level or position or degree", "an air mass of higher than normal pressure", "a state of sustained elation", "a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics", "a high place", "a public secondary school usually including ...
[ "greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount" ]
[ "high%3:00:02::" ]
The trouble here is that it 's almost too easy to take the high moral ground when it does n't cost you anything.
moral
{ "name": "moral", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the significance of a story or event", "concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles", "psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect" ] }
[ "concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles" ]
[ "moral%3:00:00::" ]
The trouble here is that it 's almost too easy to take the high moral ground when it does n't cost you anything.
ground
{ "name": "ground", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the solid part of the earth's surface", "a rational motive for a belief or action", "the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface", "a relation that provides the foundation for something", "a position to be won or defende...
[ "a rational motive for a belief or action" ]
[ "ground%1:16:00::" ]
The trouble here is that it 's almost too easy to take the high moral ground when it does n't cost you anything.
cost
{ "name": "cost", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor", "the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)", "value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain s...
[ "require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice" ]
[ "cost%2:42:01::" ]
You 've already sent your daughter to Miss X 's select academy for girls and your son to Mr. Y 's select academy for boys, and you can be as liberal as you please with strict impunity.
already
{ "name": "already", "sense_definitions_list": [ "prior to a specified or implied time" ] }
[ "prior to a specified or implied time" ]
[ "already%4:02:00::" ]
You 've already sent your daughter to Miss X 's select academy for girls and your son to Mr. Y 's select academy for boys, and you can be as liberal as you please with strict impunity.
sent
{ "name": "send", "sense_definitions_list": [ "cause to go somewhere", "to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place", "cause to be directed or transmitted to another place", "transport commercially", "assign to a station", "transfer", "cause to be admitted; o...
[ "cause to go somewhere" ]
[ "send%2:38:01::" ]