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A language of Papua New Guinea.
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A common part of Arabic-derived names, meaning "father of" in Arabic.
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Ab, the fifth month of the Babylonian calendar.
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(mythology) A minor god of vegetation in Sumerian mythology.
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The ancient Egyptian name for the city of Elephantine, near modern day Aswan.
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A volcano on the island of Honshū in Japan.
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Abu, Yamaguchi, a town in Japan.
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Mount Abu, the highest mountain in the Indian state of Rajasthan.
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Preposition
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A word that is used to compare two things that are equal.
As you know, we need more workers.
I baked the cake as my mother used to.
The room looks just as it did when I was a child.
The speech, as he remembered it, was very powerful.
Interesting as it seems, I don't think I'll get it.
He was as big as a mountain.
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A word that is used to show that two things happened at the same time.
Just as I went out, it started to rain.
We sleep as the world turns in darkness.
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A word that is used to show why something happens.
As I couldn't understand French, I didn't watch the film.
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Adverb
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A word that is used to compare two things that are equal. (Used before adjectives)
You are younger than I am, but nearly as tall.
This is not as good as it was last time.