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When English borrows from another alphabet
The distinction is clear (now).
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charlatan 'faker or fraud'
lowlife 'a person of low moral character'
kakistocracy 'government by the worst people'
slimeball 'a morally repulsive or odious person'
salacious 'arousing or appealing to sexual desire'
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investment of mental or emotional energy
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