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council
Noun
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A council is a group of people who are chosen or elected to make laws, rules, and decisions.
Town council is considering a road-widening proposal.
The student council has collected $5,000 to buy new books for the library.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
Arab
Noun
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A Semitic person, whose ancestors were from Arabia.
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A member of a community that speaks Arabic.
An Arab was fishing from the river.
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A particular breed of horse.
minister
Noun
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A minister is a politician who is in charge of a part of the government.
The Minister of Defense has said that the army will remain in the city for at least two more weeks.
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.
interior
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noun
(= inside)
the region that is inside of something
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adjective
situated within or suitable for inside a building
an interior scene
interior decoration
an interior bathroom without windows
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adjective
inside and toward a center
interior regions of the earth
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adjective
(= upcountry)
of or coming from the middle of a region or country
upcountry districts
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adjective
(= inner, internal)
located inward; ; ; ,Jr
Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle
— Leonard Bernstein
she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it
— David Denby
an internal sense of rightousness
— A.R.Gurney
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adjective
(= home, internal)
inside the country
the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior
the nation's internal politics
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noun
(= inside)
the inner or enclosed surface of something
Interior
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noun
(= Department of the Interior)
the United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849