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appreciate	to be grateful for or to. [1/4 definitions]
grateful	If you feel grateful to someone, you feel that that person has done something very nice or important for you. You feel that you want to thank them very much. If someone helps another person who is really in trouble, that person usually feels very grateful.
look a gift horse in the mouth	not to be grateful for a gift; to criticize something received as a gift.
oblige	to cause to be grateful. [1/3 definitions]
thank	to say that one is grateful to. [1/2 definitions]
thankful	feeling or showing thanks; grateful.

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