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handy(adjective, reasonable, sensible, useful, sober)
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hard-boiled(reasonable, useful, realistic, applied, hands-on)
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implicit(adjective, reasonable, sensible, useful, sober)
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in commission
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in exercise
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in hand
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in play
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in progress(expression, underway, marching)
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in service
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in succession(expression, adjective, continuous, flowing, operating)
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inaction
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live(active, running, working, operative, functioning)
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matter-of-fact(applied, hands-on, real-world)
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nuts and bolts(expression, adjective, idiom, reasonable, sensible)
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on foot
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on the fire(expression, idiom)
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operation
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orderly(adjective, reasonable, sensible, useful, sober)
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possible(adjective, reasonable, sensible, useful, sober)
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practicable(adjective, open, reasonable, sensible, active)
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