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English word

careful

A2Frequent NGSL-2
UK /ˈkeəfl/US /ˈkerfl/
adjective

giving attention or thought to what you are doing so that you avoid hurting yourself, damaging something or doing something wrong

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Sentence 78 · Pro
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos delivers graduation speech at Princeton University
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You can seduce yourself with your gifts if you're not careful.

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos delivers graduation speech at Princeton University

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I mean, obviously, we need to be careful this doesn't become a dystopian situation.

Elon Musk: A future worth getting excited about (TED 2022)Sentence 258 · Pro

Uh, just generally—being a Chinese company in the US—we have to be very careful.

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