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A grand juror in the Ferguson case is suing to be able to explain exactly what went down in the courtroom.

I asked her to explain more about these “private customers.”

After the curtain calls, Christopher comes back to explain a complicated math problem.

The problem is, how do you find a movie narrative that can explain genius, British or otherwise?

Nothing can be explained without the language to explain it.

We stood staring after the fugitives in perfect bewilderment, totally unable to explain their apparently causeless panic.

How, then, are we to explain this extraordinary discrepancy between human power and resulting human happiness?

The pulse in Louis's temples beat hard; yet he was determined not to anticipate, but make Wharton explain himself.

Would it not be more advisable to write to the London house itself, and explain the object of his coming up?

Father Fochel of the Cathedral had attempted to explain it; but he had not done so to her satisfaction.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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