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discrimination
Noun
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Discrimination is the act of treating someone unfairly just because of their skin colour, religion, sex, etc.
Even in 2007, there's still too much sex discrimination at the higher levels of big business.
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Discrimination is the ability to notice differences.
At this small size, discrimination is very difficult.
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Discrimination is the ability to recognise high levels of quality.
The clothes were chosen by someone with discrimination.
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.
genetic
Adjective
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Genetic material relates to genetics or genes.
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If something is genetic, it is caused by genes.
privacy
Noun
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If you have privacy, you are not watched or disturbed by others.