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association Noun

— An association is a way that two things are similar, belong together, or are connected or related. I don't see any association between what happened to you and what happened to me. I suspect there is an association between the weather and the number who are sick. — An association is a group of people who have a common goal or interest. The NBA stands for the "National Basketball Association." I have been a member of the American Psychological Association and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. All the teachers were at an association meeting. — Association is the when you associate (spend time with certain people). I'm afraid your association with those wild people will get you in trouble.

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for Preposition

— shows that something belongs to something else, or has a specific function This cake is for you. This is a net for catching fish. — For is used to show the reason for something He was angry, for he had never been called such terrible names before.

for Subordinator

— For introduces a clause with a subject and a to-infinitive It's not good for you to be too relaxed.

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assistance Noun

— If you give someone or something assistance, you give help or support. The company may also provide financial assistance to single mothers.

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to Verb phrase Subordinator

— To has no meaning. It is used to introduce verb phrases. It's important for you to understand. She told them to be quiet. You want me to do it, but I don't have to. To finish quickly, we must work fast. To continue like this would be foolish. I don't know how to get there. He got the keys to open the door. It's too small to see. You are all to be here at 7:30 tomorrow morning. Do you understand? He arrived only to find that everyone had gone home.

to Preposition

— To shows where something goes, the goal of movement. He went to her house. The train returned to the Shinjuku station. I went to bed but could not rest. They went to school together and played in the same soccer team. A squad car took him to hospital where he died. Many people came to me with suggestions. I wonder why you keep going to sea when you know it's dangerous. — To shows the receivers of an action or object. The goods were sold to customers at the downtown store. — To shows the result of a change or process. It switched from red to black. They came to the conclusion that I'm better than nothing. He fell on the play, but quickly got to his feet. He was crushed to death underneath the truck. — To shows the end or limit of something. Methods have been used to overcome these problems to some degree. The class is from 1:35 to 3:25. It's just another week to the end of classes. Right now it's ten minutes to four. — To shows that one thing is touching another. They stood back to back to see who was taller. — To shows how two things are connected. He attached the printer to the computer. She was married to a Canadian man. She was assistant to the general manager. — To shows a belonging or relationship. We don't owe anything to anyone. To whom does it belong? It's a benefit to the whole school. What's the answer to this problem? I can't remember the password to this account? — To shows a comparison between two things. Girls outnumber boys two to one. Older cars get fewer kilometers to a liter of gasoline. Right now you can get one Canadian dollar to $1.05 US. — To shows your feeling or opinion about something. It feels good to me. To their surprise, she got up and left. — To shows a timing relationship, often with a music. He likes to exercise to music.

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family Noun

— A family is a group of people with a blood or marriage relation. My parents and my two brothers are my family. — A language family is a group of languages that is believed to have came from the same language. The Indo-European language family is a family of languages that is spoken by 3 billion people.

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with Preposition

— With is used to show the other people or things present when something happened I went to school with my brother. — With is used to describe something added to something else The cat has a collar with a bell on it. — With is used to show what thing is used to do something He hit the nail with a hammer. — Used to introduce non-finite and verbless clauses. With the children so sick, we weren't able to get much work done.

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disabled Adjective

— If somebody is disabled, they cannot use part(s) of their body or mind in the same way that most people can. Two people died in the crash and the others were severely physically disabled. This money will help the elderly and the disabled. Not enough research has been done in the area of the preschool learning-disabled students.

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child Noun

— A child is a young person, usually older than a baby but younger than a teenager. The children were playing in the park. Most three-year-old children speak very well. Even as a child of six, I knew what hard work was. Taking care of young children is difficult work. This kind of teaching is useful for all children, not just those children with learning disabilities. We need to do a better job of educating our children. We're collecting food for needy children. — A child is the son or daughter of someone. I am my mother's child in every way. My eldest child is now a doctor. I drove a motorcycle until my children were born. — A child of a particular time, situation, or idea is a person who is strongly influenced by it. As a child of the 90s, I grew up with computers. There isn't actually that much anger among children of divorce. — A child is the product or result of something. This book is the child of an earlier generation of grammatical theory. Anthropology is the child of Western colonialism. The very idea of a garden is the child of water. — If a woman is with child, she is pregnant. She told no one about the sex, even when she realized she was with child. — A child in a tree structure is piece of data, process or object with a role or position closer to the root.

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