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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noun
A phreaking device that generates tones to simulate the insertion of coins into a payphone, thus enabling the user to make illegitimate free calls.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A secure briefcase-like box used by ministers in the British government to carry their documents.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
Topics: government, politics
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Synonyms: ministerial box
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A safe located at a nuclear installation containing launch codes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
A "tornado watch" notification, indicating that conditions might lead to a tornado though none has yet been sighted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, informal
Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
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History
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