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    roots

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    n. pl.Noun (plural)Your ancestries
    They have Indian roots through their mother's side of the family
    n. pl.Noun (plural)The origins or starting place of some things
    The band's performing style has roots in Spanish and Portuguese music
    n. pl.Noun (plural)Parts of plants growing underground, as to get water
    Careless digging will destroy the tree's roots
    v.t.Transitive VerbTo cause a plant to develop or grow roots
    A plant roots itself after it is planted
    v.i.Intransitive Verb(Animals) to search for e.g. food in earth
    A pig roots for food hidden in the mud
    v.t.Transitive VerbTo stop someone moving, as through fear
    The sight of the monster roots them in fear
    n. pl.Noun (plural)Part of tooth, hair etc. from which the rest grows
    Your hair's roots are showing, when will you dye them?
    n. pl.Noun (plural)Base part of a word to which affixes can be added
    Possibility and impossible share the same roots, possible

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    • his life foods and there's depth roots life foods are

      his life foods and there's depth roots life foods are

    B1

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    • My father is from the Dominican Republic, he's have African roots.

      My father is from the Dominican Republic, he's have African roots.

    A2

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    • They have really deep roots and this lets you get it out.

      They have really deep roots and this lets you get it out.

    B2

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    • The roots of China's demographic crisis can be found in its one-child policy.

      The roots of China's demographic crisis can be found in its one-child policy.

    B1

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    • At the end of the day, New Balance will always hold on to its roots as a running brand.

      At the end of the day, New Balance will always hold on to its roots as a running brand.

    • to its roots as a running brand.

      to its roots as a running brand.

    B1

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    • Stick to your roots That shit is corny

      Stick to your roots That shit is corny

    • Stick to your roots.

      Stick to your roots.

    A2

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    • With roots that extend far into our personality and perhaps biology, and that we would be incapable of ever extirpating.

      With roots that extend far into our personality and perhaps biology, and that we would be incapable of ever extirpating.

    B2

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    • And those are the roots that we have to get back to.

      And those are the roots that we have to get back to.

    • AND THOSE ARE THE ROOTS THAT WE

      AND THOSE ARE THE ROOTS THAT WE

    B1

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    • It roots itself into the substrate

      It roots itself into the substrate

    C1

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    • it just gives us some clues [as] to the evolutionary roots of complex communication like language.

      it just gives us some clues [as] to the evolutionary roots of complex communication like language.

    • it just gives us some clues [as] to the evolutionary roots of complex communication like language.

      it just gives us some clues [as] to the evolutionary roots of complex communication like language.

    B1