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constitutional
Adjective
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If a law, a right, an action, etc. is constitutional, it is legal within the constitution of the particular country.
The court ruled that the new law was constitutional and that there was no need for the government to change it.
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If something is constitutional it is related to a constitution.
I think freedom of speech should be a constitutional right for everyone because everyone should have right to speak out.
The government is planning some constitutional changes.
American has an elaborate system of constitutional checks and balances.
constitutional
Noun
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If you take a constitutional, you go for a walk for exercise or health. (old fashioned word)
He's nearly 80 and still takes a constitutional every morning.
agreement
Noun
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An agreement is where everybody has the same feelings about something; when everyone has the same ideas; saying "yes".
We have an agreement with our teacher. If we do our homework we can go home early.
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.
union
Noun
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A union is when many things are joined together.
The League of Nations was a union between many nations.
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A union may be the act of joining.
The union of these two companies was painless.
is the union of two lives.
republic
Noun
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A republic is a country that has leaders elected that are by the people.
Many have pointed out that the United States is a republic, not a pure democracy.
Bosnia
Proper noun
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The northern 75% of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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A short form of Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes used when talking about the whole country.
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.
Herzegovina
properNoun
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Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina