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Appendix B -- Preferred Expressions
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accordedgiven
adequate number ofenough
afford an opportunityallow, let
affordedgiven
all of theall the
approximatelyabout
attains the age ofbecome... years old
at the timewhen
attempt [as a verb]try
by means ofby
calculatecompute
categorykind, class, group
ceasestop
commencebegin, start
complete [as a verb]finish
concealhide

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