Black
Black adjective - Not clean.
Usage example: don't you dare touch my curtains with those black hands!
Clear
Clear adjective - Easily seen through.
Common collocations
| reputation | black reputation | clear reputation |
| place | black place | clear place |
| levels | black levels | clear levels |
Both words in one sentence
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In World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, the black dragon Wrathion makes it clear that he will not be held accountable for the crimes of Deathwing and the black dragonflight.
Source: Sins of Our Fathers - Actually Nixon makes it clear he doesn't hate the black community in particular, he mostly just hates Black Dynamite himself.
Source: Our Presidents Are Different - This is more clear in The Magician's Apprentice, where it's made clear early on that non-mages are completely useless in magical warfare, especially when Black Magic gets involved.
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