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19 entries under expression topic. ×
| sine qua non(noun, idiom, need, essential) | |
| life or death(noun, idiom, need, essential) | |
| no alternative(noun, need, essential, requirement) | |
| no choice(noun, need, essential, requirement) | |
| vital part(noun, concern, need, essential) | |
| anything desired | |
| bone of contention(idiom, inquiry) | |
| fair question(idiom, inquiry) | |
| field of inquiry(idiom, inquiry) | |
| knotty point(idiom, inquiry) | |
| matter in dispute(idiom, inquiry) | |
| moot point(idiom, inquiry) | |
| open question(idiom, inquiry) | |
| plain question(idiom, inquiry) | |
| point in dispute(idiom, inquiry) | |
| question at issue(idiom, inquiry) | |
| subject of controversy(idiom, inquiry) | |
| subject of inquiry(idiom, inquiry) | |
| where one is heading(noun, idiom, plan, purpose) |
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