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How to pronounce abnegation
“abnegation” pronunciation in British English
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“abnegation” in real sentences
11 clips in the index · 3 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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abnegation of leadership.
The Scottish Parliament
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They were far too perturbed and fragile for such self-abnegation.
The School of Life
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depend on it Grace smiled abnegation as statement neither of them had forgotten the
The 92nd Street Y
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Benjamin Franklin, paragon of pecuniary restraint and bourgeois self-abnegation, was a dry goods clerk.
Talks at Google
Why real speech
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