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meaningful(adjective, important, essential, critical, fundamental)
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name(adjective, important, significant, essential, critical)
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required(adjective, important, essential, critical, basic)
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urgent(adjective, important, essential, critical, basic)
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life or death(expression, adjective, idiom, basic, key)
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