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English word

mess

B1Frequent NGSL-3
UK /mes/US /mes/
noun

a dirty or untidy state

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Sentence 37 · Pro
2019 Stanford Commencement address by Tim Cook
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It's our humanity that got us into this mess, and it's our humanity that's going to have to get us out.

2019 Stanford Commencement address by Tim Cook

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It has been that my mistakes led to the best things in my life, and being embarrassed when you mess up is part of the human experience.

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Now, you might not all be a mess, like some of us, (Laughter) and some of you may have a healthy relationship with deadlines, but remember: the Monkey's sneakiest trick is when

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