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crime
Noun
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A crime is an act that is against the law and for which you can go to jail.
Murder is a crime.
New York has a lot of crime.
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A crime is an extremely bad action.
Letting that puppy die is a crime.
reduction
Noun
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A reduction is how much something is reduced.
There was a 5% reduction in prices at the clothing store during the sale.
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.
analysis
Noun
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If you do an analysis, you study something carefully to understand it.
We performed a detailed analysis of the relationship between the two companies and believe that they could form a strong partnership.
branch
Noun
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A part of a tree that grows out from the trunk (center).
Sally scraped her arm on a branch when she fell out of a tree.
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A part of something that acts like a branch does to its tree.
The study of electricity is a branch of physics.
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One of a series of shops that are owned by the same company in business.
McDonalds has many branches spread throughout the country.