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Baltic
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adjective
of or near or on the Baltic Sea
The Baltic republics
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adjective
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Baltic States or their peoples or languages
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noun
a sea in northern Europe; stronghold of the Russian navy
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noun
(= Baltic language)
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages related to the Slavonic languages; Baltic languages have preserved many archaic features that are believed to have existed in Proto-Indo European
defence
Noun
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Defence is the process of protecting.
The secretary of defence met with the president at the White House.
Airplanes attacked the Ministry of Defence in Tehran.
Clinton's lawyers will lay out his defence next week.
Police officers can only shoot in self defence or to protect another person's life.
When he was accused, his friends and even some people who have never met him rushed to his defence.
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In a court case, the defence is the person who was accused of a crime together with their lawyer.
His defence lawyers say that Honecker did not shoot the gun.
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The defence is the players who are supposed to stop the other team from scoring points.
I wasn't very satisfied with the play of our offense, but our defence played great.
college
Noun
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A college is a school for adults who have finished high school.
I graduated from college in 1992 when I was 22 years old.
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A college is one part of a university.
I went to the college of medicine at the University of Wales.