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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.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
desk
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noun
a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
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.
derrick
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noun
a framework erected over an oil well to allow drill tubes to be raised and lowered
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noun
a simple crane having lifting tackle slung from a boom
clubs
Noun
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One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣.
north
Noun
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North is the direction towards the top of the Earth, opposite to south; If you are looking north, the sun sets on your left.
Canada is the biggest country in North America.
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North is the end of a magnet that points north.
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The north is the area of land north of the speaker; Also the Arctic.
north
Preposition
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In the direction north; towards the north
The place you want is two miles north of here.
It's colder here because we're further north.
America
Proper Noun
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The United States of America.