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association
Noun
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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.
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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.
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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.
for
Preposition
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shows that something belongs to something else, or has a specific function
This cake is for you.
This is a net for catching fish.
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For is used to show the reason for something
He was angry, for he had never been called such terrible names before.
for
Subordinator
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For introduces a clause with a subject and a to-infinitive
It's not good for you to be too relaxed.
rural
Adjective
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If a place is rural, it is far from any city.
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If a person is rural, it means they live away from the city.
and
Conjunction
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You use and to talk about two things at once.
I like singing and reading.
Mary and Jane went on a holiday together.
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You use and when you are listing a few things and you are now on your last item of the list.
I like singing, reading, cycling and playing soccer.
I used to like this girl from my class as she is pretty, gentle and caring.
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And is used when you are putting two sentences together.
She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left.
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Used to show what happened after something else.
The alarm went off and I woke up.
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And is used to join certain numbers together.
Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.
environment
Noun
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The environment is the natural world: forests, rivers, grasslands, oceans, etc.
We have to do more to protect the environment from pollution.
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Your environment is the situation or area that you live, work, or spend time in, including the people, buildings, vehicles, etc.
When we moved to the city, we found ourselves in a comepletely new social environment.
This course will prepare students for a career in a software engineering environment in industry or research.
The learning environment can have a large effect on your grades.
care
Noun
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Care is the act of helping someone, especially sick people, the very young or the very old.
He decided not to seek health care from a hospitals.
We take the kids to child care during the week.
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If you take care of someone, you watch them so that there is no trouble.
You're going to need someone to take care of you when you get older.
We'll be taking real good care of you. I promise.
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If you take care of a problem, you fix it or arrange it.
Don's worry. Pearl and Edward will take care of things.
We go in, do our job, and take care of what we need to take care of.
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You say "Take care!" when you are leaving somebody.
That's it. All right. Jim, good to see you. Take care.
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You say "Take care!" when you want somebody to do something safely.
Go slowly and take care not to touch anything.
Care should be taken when holding eggs.
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Care is the act of keeping something in a good condition.
I'm caring for the house while they're away.
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A Care is a worry, concern, or something that you think about often.
I don't have a care in the world.
care
Verb
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If you don't care about something, you don't think about it often or have a concern for it; it doesn't matter.
I don't care what happens to my car.
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If you care about something, you think it is important.
He only cares about his car.
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If you care for somebody, look after
Young children can learn to care for a pet.