change|a|bil|i|ty

change|a|bil|i|ty
change|a|bil|i|ty «CHAYN juh BIHL uh tee», noun.
changeable quality or condition: »

Yet even this relatively simple aim came into conflict with the changeability of life (New Yorker).


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