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convention
Noun
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A convention is a large meeting of a specific group or for a specific purpose.
There's a doctor's convention in town this week and all the hotels are full.
The garden show will be at the convention centre.
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A convention is an international agreement the controls how countries behave.
This action goes against the European Convention on Human Rights.
In my culture, a convention is to eat raw fish.
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A convention is a particular way of acting or a particular belief of a group of people.
By convention, people in North America drive on the right hand side of the road.
There are a set of conventions that every member must observe.
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.
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.
protection
Noun
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Protection is keeping something or someone safe.
She ran away from her abusive husband to her brother for protection.
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A device used for safe sex e.g. condom.
I used protection so I wouldn't get her pregnant.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
literature
Noun
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Literature is the text of something written.
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Literature is the collection of everything written of a nation, people, group or culture.
I love the Chilean literature.
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.
artistic
Adjective
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If something is artistic, it is an example of good art.
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If something is artistic, it is of or related to art.
works
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noun
(= plant)
buildings for carrying on industrial labor
they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles
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noun
(= deeds)
performance of moral or religious acts
salvation by deeds
the reward for good works
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noun
(= whole shebang, whole caboodle, full treatment)
everything available; usually preceded by 'the'
we saw the whole shebang
a hotdog with the works
we took on the whole caboodle
for $10 you get the full treatment
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noun
the internal mechanism of a device