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in kind

[in kind] {adv. phr.} In a similar way; with the same kind of thing. * /My neighbor pays me in kind for walking her dog./ * /Low returned Mary's insult […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

kind of

[kind of] or [sort of] {adv. phr.}, {informal} Almost but not quite; rather. * /A guinea pig looks kind of like a rabbit, but it has short ears./ * /Bob […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

nothing of the kind

[nothing of the kind] {adv. phr.} On the contrary. * /"Did you quit your job?" he asked. "No, I did nothing of the kind," she answered./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

such as

[such as] {conj.} 1. Of a kind or amount shown or named; of a kind like. * /The explorer took only such men and things as he really needed into […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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