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misgiving

/ˌmɪsɡɪvɪŋ/

Meanings
noun
Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread

Examples :

"Before accepting the new job, she had a misgiving about the long commute. "
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about adjective

/əˈbɛʊt/ /əˈbaʊt/ /əˈbʌʊt/

Moving around; astir.

"After my bout with Guillan-Barre Syndrome, it took me 6 months to be up and about again."

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dread noun

/dɹɛd/

Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.

"my visit to the doctor is filling me with dread"

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new noun

/njʉː/ /n(j)u/ /njuː/

Things that are new.

"Out with the old, in with the new."

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long noun

/ˈlɔːŋ/ /ˈlɑŋ/ /ˈlɒŋ/ /ˈlɔŋ/

A long vowel.

"The "o" in "boat" is a long vowel sound. "

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feeling verb

/ˈfiːlɪŋ/ /ˈfilɪŋ/

(heading) To use or experience the sense of touch.

"The baby was feeling the soft fur of the teddy bear. "

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commute verb

/kəˈmjuːt/

To exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash in; to lessen

"to commute tithes into rentcharges for a sum; to commute market rents for a premium, to commute daily fares for a season ticket"

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the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

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accepting verb

/əkˈsɛptɪŋ/

To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.

"The school is accepting applications for the next semester. "

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job noun

/d͡ʒɒb/ /d͡ʒɑb/

A task.

"A job half done is hardly done at all."

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apprehension noun

/æp.ɹɪˈhɛn.ʃən/ /æp.ɹiˈhɛn.ʃən/

The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing.

"The security guard's apprehension of the suspicious package prevented a potential disaster. "

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before adverb

/bɪˈfɔː/ /biˈfɔɹ/

At an earlier time.

"Before dinner, I finished my homework. "

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doubt noun

/dʌʊt/ /daʊt/

Disbelief or uncertainty (about something); a particular instance of such disbelief or uncertainty.

"I have doubts about how to convert this code to JavaScript."