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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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A successful achievement or something that has been done successfully.

“Winning the science fair was a great accomplishment for Sarah.”

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fulcrum

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˈfʌlk.ɹəm/

The support about which a lever pivots.

In a Sentence

“It is possible to flick food across the table using your fork as a lever and your finger as a fulcrum.”

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. fulcrumfulcrum whose
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