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dream
Noun
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Dreams are the images and things you see when you are sleeping.
In my dream I had forgotten the baby in a drawer.
I had a dream that I was in a magical world with fairies and evil witches.
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A dream is something you wish for or hope will happen.
The company is succeeding beyond anyone's wildest dreams.
He decided to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming a police officer.
dream
Verb
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If you dream about something, you wish for it.
She dreamed of becoming a concert pianist.
If we go to sleep, we'll dream that we're awake.
cause
Noun
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A cause is what leads to something happening.
The cause of the fire was lightning.
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A cause is a goal, aim or principle that people support or fight for.
He is fighting for a just cause.
cause
Verb
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To cause something is to make it happen.
His careless driving caused the car accident.
by
Preposition
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near or next to.
The mailbox is by the bus stop.
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at some time before (the given time).
Be back by ten o'clock!
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if something is done by somebody, it is done through their action
The matter was decided by the chairman.
The boat was swamped by the water.
He was protected by his body armour.
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if something is created by somebody, they are the creator, author, etc.
There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare.
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shows how someone does something
I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking.
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using the rules or logic of.
I sorted the items by category.
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with a change of. In this case, by shows how much something has changed.
Our stock is up by ten percent.
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shows how slowly, or how quickly, someone does something (used in the form "X by X" or "by Xs")
We went through the book page by page.
We crawled forward by inches.
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If you multiply mathx/math by mathy/math, you multiply mathx/math × mathy/math.
Five multiplied by seven is 35.
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If you divide mathx/math by mathy/math, you find how many mathy/maths are in mathx/math.
35 divided by seven is five.
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.
flight
Noun
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Flight is the act of flying: moving through the air using wings.
Birds have had flight for millions of years.
The flight of the bird was beautiful.
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A flight is one trip on an airplane.
The flight to Boston leaves soon.
This flight is going to New York.
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Flight is the act of running away and hiding.
The flight of the man just after the crime made the police think he was guilty.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
a
Determinative
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A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type.
Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".
a
Noun
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A is the first letter of the alphabet.
The letter "a" comes before "b".
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In some schools, an A is a very high grade.
Ron got an A on his earth science test.
bee
Noun
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A bee is a black and yellow striped insect with wings that makes honey. It has a stinger.
That bee is flying to the flower.
around
Preposition
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If mathx/math is around mathy/math, mathy/math is in the middle and mathx/math is on all sides of mathy/math.
The moon circles around the Earth.
The fence was built around the house.
pomegranate
Noun
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A small tree, that gives fruit called pomegranates.
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A fruit with seeds that are covered in red jelly.
second
Adjective
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The second thing is the one that is number two (2) in order.
I only have one older brothers and one younger brother. I'm the second child.
second
Noun
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A second is 1/60 of a minute. Sixty seconds is one minute.
The winner won the race by five seconds.
second
Verb
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If you second a nomination, you support it and it will be voted.
So moved. Do we have a second?
before
Preposition
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If mathx/math happens before mathy/math, mathx/math happens first and mathy/math happens second.
He worked in a gas station before he became famous.
Put out the fire before the house burns down.
I have not been there before.
She finished before me.
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in front of something
She stood before him, looking into his eyes.
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until
It took a few moments before I realized that she was joking.
awakening
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noun
(= waking up)
the act of waking
it was an early awakening
it was the waking up he hated most