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Afghanistan
Proper noun
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Afghanistan is a landlocked country in South-Central Asia. The capital is Kabul.
task
Noun
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A task is a specific piece of work, often unpleasant.
Come here, young man. I have a task for you to do.
Telecommunications systems for hotels now perform many more tasks than just allowing people to make telephone calls.
When I was young, I had the task of milking the cows.
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If you take someone to task, you criticise them strongly.
Father took her to task for taking the car without asking.
task
Verb
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If you task someone with doing something, you give them that job.
force
Noun
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A force the act of a thing pushing on another thing, or how strongly it pushes.
The force of the hammer hitting the nail pushes the nail into the wood.
In science, energy is force times distance.
He pushed his shoulder against the door with great force, but was not able to open the locked door.
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A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.
police force
force
Verb
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Someone forces something to happen when they make it happen.
He forced his way into the room.
The large size of our family forced me to buy a bigger house.