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| consciousness |
If you have consciousness of something, you are aware of it. You know it exists, or you have some knowledge of it. Or maybe you knew about it in the past and now something reminded you of it. It is fresh in your mind. [1/2 definitions] |
| forget |
When you forget something, your mind loses something that it knew before. This thing was in your mind earlier, but now it is gone and you can't remember it. [1/3 definitions] |
| knew |
"Knew" is the past tense of "know." |
| wicked |
If someone calls a person "wicked," they sometimes mean that that person did something wrong even though they knew it was wrong. [1/5 definitions] |
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