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| mechanism(form, style, plan, rule, design) | |
| message(noun, good, force, understanding, point) | |
| method(noun, form, style, process, procedure) | |
| minor point(noun, expression, feature, part, plan) | |
| minutia(noun, feature, part, plan, point) | |
| mode(noun, form, move, style, way) | |
| modus operandi(expression, form, move, plan, rule) | |
| motive(noun, end, idea, matter, subject) | |
| nature of beast(noun, expression, idiom, force, understanding) | |
| nature of the beast(noun, expression, idiom, good, understanding) | |
| net(noun, essence, profit, core, income) | |
| nicety(noun, feature, part, plan, point) | |
| no frills(noun, expression, parts, basics, workings) | |
| no nonsense(noun, expression, parts, basics, workings) | |
| object(noun, end, importance, matter, significance) | |
| operative(adjective, reasonable, sensible, useful, sober) | |
| orderly(adjective, reasonable, sensible, useful, sober) | |
| palpability(noun, matter, truth, certainty, existence) | |
| part(noun, feature, plan, point, thing) | |
| particular(noun, feature, part, plan, point) |
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