tease apart
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To slowly and carefully separate things that are all mixed up together, like untangling a knot.
"The lab technician teased apart the muscle fibres under the microscope."
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And I help clients tease apart specifically

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if we were to tease apart these two things,

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should probably tease apart before we get really into it,

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trying to tease apart what we actually mean by consciousness.

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is is impossible to tease apart from the diaspora nature.