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democracy
Noun
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Democracy is a system of government where everyone is equal and everyone has some power. It is a system of government in which the people elect their leaders.
Democracy is the will of the people.
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A democracy is a country that uses democracy as the system of government.
The United States is a democracy.
Many countries in the are democracies.
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.
civil
Adjective
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About the citizens of a country, especially as opposed to the government, army, police, religion, etc.
One of the most important civil rights is freedom of speech.
In the Civil War, the Red Army had blocked off the northern part of the Ukraine from the hungry south.
The state is connected to civil society through aspects other than its role in administration
The government had run out of money to pay civil servants.
This comes under civil, rather than criminal, law.
The bridge would be one of the largest civil engineering projects in the country.
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If someone is civil, they are polite but not friendly.
Mum had been civil to me since the fight but something had gone between us.
society
Noun
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A society is a large number of people and the way they live, talking together, working with each other and making rules and ways to live. A society can be a town, country or more than one country together, with many people living the same ways.
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A society is an organization or club that people can join.
in
Preposition
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Used to show that something is inside something else.
The cat is in the box.
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Used to show that someone is at home, or is available.
Is John in?
The Doctor is now in.
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Used to show movement towards the inside.
The rain came in through the window.
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.
Balkans
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noun
the Balkan countries collectively
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noun
the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula
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noun
a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range