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Search phrase: flexible

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Henry VI Part 33H6 I.iv.141Women are soft, mild, pitiful and flexible;Women are soft, milde, pittifull, and flexible;
Troilus and CressidaTC I.iii.50Makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks,Makes flexible the knees of knotted Oakes,

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Glossary

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absoluteinflexible, uncompromising, intransigent
cheverelflexible, yielding, pliant
Fatestrio of goddesses who control human destiny: Atropos (‘the inflexible’) cuts the thread of life allotted and spun by Lachesis (‘the distributor’) and Clotho (‘the spinner’)
flexibleyielding, pliable, easily moved
hingebend, make flexible
irremovableimmovable, inflexible, adamant
obduratestubborn, obstinate, inflexible
obstinateunyielding, inflexible, hard-hearted
steeledhardened, inflexible, callous

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flexiblecheverel
flexible, makehinge
inflexibleabsolute
inflexibleirremovable
inflexibleobstinate
inflexibleobdurate
inflexiblesteeled

Themes and Topics

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Weapons...he hand bilbo mw i i 150 flexible sword from bilbao bodkin ha...
Classical mythology...ol human destiny atropos (&lsquo the inflexible&rsquo ) cuts the thread of life allotte...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
FLEXIBLEBASICflexible adj, flexure n

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