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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.
the
Determiner
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Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
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Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
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Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
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Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.
chocolate
Noun
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Chocolate is a candy made from cacao beans and often used to flavour other foods such as cakes and cookies.
In my opinion, the best cookies are those that contain chocolate.
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A chocolate is an individual candy that is made of or covered in chocolate.
These homemade chocolates are delicious.
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Chocolate is a dark brown colour.
chocolate
Adjective
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Made of chocolate.
Chocolate eggs are popular Easter treats in some places.
biscuit
Noun
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A biscuit is a cookie.
He brought along homemade biscuits for the picnic.
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A biscuit is a small bread usually made with baking soda, similar to a scone, but usually not sweet.
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Biscuit is a form of unglazed earthenware.
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.
confectionery
Noun
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Confectionery is name for candy, lollies and other sweets.
The children went to the candy store to look at the confectionery.
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A confectionery is the name for a shop where candy is sold.
She opened a new confectionery to sell sweets.
industry
Noun
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An industry is a kind of work that makes things.
Many people in this country have jobs in the clothing industry.
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Industry is the quality of working hard, trying hard and doing it well.
Because of her industry, she made a lot of money.
EEC
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noun
(= European Union)
an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members
he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union