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avoid
Verb
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When you avoid something, you stay away from it or you don't do it.
Are you avoiding me?
You can't avoid doing your homework.
it
Pronoun
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used to refer to an object without identifying or describing it; the object might have been described earlier in the text.
The house was very big. It had many rooms.
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used to describe the weather
It is very hot today.
I'm staying in because it is raining
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used to describe a situation in general
I don't like it when people tell me to do something.
It is hard to find a job.
it
Abbreviation
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It can be a short way of writing:
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# Italy or Italian
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# Information Technology, the use of computers
at
Preposition
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Used to describe where something is, or when saying something's position
I am at home.
Let's meet at the pub!
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The time at which something happened or will happen
Breakfast is at 9 o'clock.
At 5pm we went home.
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Indicating something's state
At half price!
Water boils at high temperatures.
at
Symbol
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The @ symbol, used to replace at
support@microsoft.com is an email address.
Apples @ £1.50 per kilogram.
any
Determinative
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some or even the smallest amount or number
Do you want any coffee?
There aren't any pencils left, not even one.
Don't tell me. I don't want to hear any more about it.
Are you sure there's some here? I don't see any.
Slow down. I can't go any faster.
It doesn't look any different to me.
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one, but it is not important which one
Please ask me. I can answer any question.
There was no problem of any kind.
I would say the same thing to any person.
Any information that you have would be helpful.
In any case, it doesn't really matter.
It doesn't matter. I'll take any that's left over.
cost
Noun
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The cost of something is the price that a person pays for it.
What is the cost of the car?
cost
Verb
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When you say that a thing costs, you say that one must pay in order to buy it.
That diamond ring costs a great deal of money.
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One may say that an action costs a certain bad result.
It cost me my job when I broke the machine.
To commit a crime will cost you.
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When you estimate a cost or set a cost, you cost a thing.
The repair man costed the work to fix the car.