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WordSyllablesCategories
undercurrent
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Noun
implication
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Noun
irony
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Noun
allusions
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Noun
nuance
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Noun
symbolism
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Noun
implicit
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Adjective
innuendo
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Noun
insinuation
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Noun
allegory
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Noun
ambiguity
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Noun
context
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Noun
unspoken
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Adjective
undertones
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Noun
subplot
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Noun
dialogue
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Noun
overt
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Adjective
subtlety
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Noun
narrative
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Noun
ambivalence
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Noun
foreshadowing
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Noun
melodrama
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Noun
pathos
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Noun
overarching
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Adjective
misogyny
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Noun
backstory
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Noun
metaphor
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Noun
verbiage
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Noun
leitmotif
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Noun
foregrounding
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Noun
themes
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Noun
unsaid
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Adjective
underlying
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Adjective, Verb
gist
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Noun
incongruity
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Noun
explicit
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Adjective
poignancy
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Noun
dichotomy
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Noun
moralizing
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Noun
imagery
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Noun
storyline
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Noun
subtle
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Adjective
salient
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Adjective
angst
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Noun
rhetoric
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Noun
overtones
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Noun
meaning
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Noun
subtitle
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Noun
subheading
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Noun
subscript
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Noun
subclause
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Noun
underscoring
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Verb
subsection
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Noun
subaltern
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Noun
unacknowledged
xx/x
Adjective
unstated
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Adjective
gendered
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Adjective
text
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Noun
erotic
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Adjective
ironic
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Adjective
novel
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Noun
mythic
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Adjective
racist
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Adjective
oedipal
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Adjective
film
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Noun
discourse
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Noun
autobiographical
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Adjective
hidden
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Adjective
unmistakable
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Adjective
disturbing
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Adjective
poem
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Noun
freudian
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Adjective
message
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Noun
conversation
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Noun
allegorical
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Adjective
story
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Noun
queer
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Adjective
mythological
xx/xx
Adjective
sinister
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Adjective
darker
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Adjective
implied
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Adjective
gay
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Adjective
remarks
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Noun
scene
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Noun
debate
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Noun
play
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Noun
tale
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Noun
ideological
xxx/xx
Adjective
racial
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Adjective
argument
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Noun
essay
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Noun
informs
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Verb
feminist
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Adjective
mythical
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Adjective
pervasive
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Adjective
discern
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Verb
sexuality
xx/xx
Noun
thematic
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Adjective
latent
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Adjective
reinforces
xx/x
Verb
here
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Adverb
emerges
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Verb
reveals
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Verb
forms
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Verb
fiction
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Noun
sexual
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Adjective
masculine
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Adjective
emotional
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Adjective
discussions
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Noun
tragic
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Adjective
unconscious
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Adjective
book
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Noun
fascinating
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Adjective
reads
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Verb
speech
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Noun
biblical
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Adjective
carries
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Verb
runs
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Verb
crucial
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Adjective
powerful
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Adjective
persistent
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Adjective
notion
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Noun
addition
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Noun
aspect
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Noun, Verb
connotation
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Noun
continuities
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Noun
dynamic
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Adjective, Noun
flavour
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Noun, Verb
motivations
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Noun
presupposition
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Noun
underpinnings
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Noun
headlines
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Noun
tell
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Verb, Noun
collocation
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Noun
cluster
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Noun, Verb
chunk
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Noun, Verb
expression
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Noun
idiomatic
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Adjective, Noun
stovepipe
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Noun, Verb
literally
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Adverb
vernacular
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Noun, Adjective
standard
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Adjective, Noun
dialect
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Noun
milestone
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Noun, Verb
sorta
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Adverb
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
daylight
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Noun, Verb
backwater
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Noun, Verb