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  • He could never forget their gest last summer in the alps.
  • Em. Acosta com. rerum in Oriente gest. a societat.
  • I don't know your number, but I gest you will get it.
  • R host kittehs kumpati … con … OK wif rly big gest?
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  • The adventurers dared not "jest" (joke) about the outcome of their "gest" (a great adventure). Note: The "gist" of something is the central idea or essence of something.
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