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26 entries under expression topic. ×
| basic idea(idea, sense, purpose, main) | |
| central idea(idea, sense, purpose, main) | |
| essential idea(idea, sense, purpose, main) | |
| fundamental idea(idea, sense, purpose, main) | |
| author's opinions(idea, convey, writing) | |
| basic concept(idea, sense, main) | |
| bee in the bonnet(idiom, idea, thought, obsessive) | |
| compulsive idea(idea, think, obsessive) | |
| core message(idea, sense, main) | |
| dominant idea(purpose, main, author) | |
| emotional foreshadow(idea, convey, writing) | |
| feelings about(idea, convey, writing) | |
| fundamental concept(idea, sense, main) | |
| imperative conception(idea, think, obsessive) | |
| important idea(purpose, main, author) | |
| insistent idea(idea, think, obsessive) | |
| key idea(idea, sense, main) | |
| keynote idea(idea, sense, main) | |
| main idea(purpose, main, author) | |
| main thrust of the work(idea, sense, main) |
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