When we first hear [a] word, we start putting these associational hook…

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When we first hear [a] word, we start putting these associational hooks into it that make it easier to fish it back out at some later date.
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When we first hear [a] word, we start putting these associational hooks into it that make it easier to fish it back out at some later date.

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