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She has an American accent.
NGSL Rank: 1346
accident
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Meanings
noun
- an unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally, typically resulting in damage or injury.E.g. he had an accident at the factory
- an event that happens by chance or that is without apparent or deliberate cause.E.g. the pregnancy was an accident
- (in Aristotelian thought) a property of a thing which is not essential to its nature.
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