Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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proverb
Black people and white people should not form relationships; an admonition against interracial relationships.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, derogatory, offensive, proscribed
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proverb
Some people, things, or characteristics do not go together.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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proverb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see oil, water, don't, mix.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
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