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Argentine
Noun
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Argentina is sometimes called "the Argentine".
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An Argentine is a person from Argentina, also called an Argentinian.
Argentine
Adjective
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Argentine is something from, or is like something from Argentina.
She loved the excitement in dancing an Argentine tango.
argentine
Noun
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Argentine is a word for silver, or silver coloured metals.
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Argentine is a family of small silver coloured fish, like small salmon.
A species in the argentine family of fish is "Argentina sphyraena".
joint
Noun
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A place where two things meet but are still able to move.
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A place where two things join solidly.
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Any part of the body where two bones join, sometimes letting that part of the body to be bent or straightened.
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A way to join two pieces of wood together so that they interlock.
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A bar, restaurant, or nightclub.
It was the kind of joint you wouldn't want your boss to see you in.
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prison; jail.
I'm not breaking any more laws because I don't want to go back to the joint.
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A marijuana cigarette.
Let's smoke a joint and then go skateboarding.
peacekeeping
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adjective
of or relating to the preservation of peace between hostile groups by international military forces
a peacekeeping force
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noun
the activity of keeping the peace by military forces (especially when international military forces enforce a truce between hostile groups or nations)
operations
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noun
financial transactions at a brokerage; having to do with the execution of trades and keeping customer records
training
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noun
activity leading to skilled behavior
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noun
(= breeding)
the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)
a woman of breeding and refinement
centre
Noun
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The centre of something, is the place that is as far from its outside as possible.
The president and his problems continue to take centre stage in the news.
She placed a flowers at the center of the table and then hurried off.
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A centre is a building, area, or group of people with a particular purpose.
They have opened a large shopping centre in Taipei.
The team was staying at the US Olympic training centre.
Recently, Bahrain has become a major international banking centre.
Scientists at the Centre for Disease Control have found a new virus.
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The town centre is the place in the town where most of the shops are.
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In politics, the centre is the position that is not politically right or left.
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In sports, a centre is a player who plays in the middle of the field, usually an attacker.
centre
Verb
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If you centre something, you move it towards the centre.