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electoral
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adjective
of or relating to elections
electoral process
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adjective
relating to or composed of electors
electoral college
advisory
Noun
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An advisory is a warning. Usually this is used for weather reports.
The Weather Department issued a tornado advisory.
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.
promotion
Noun
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If you get a promotion you move up in rank or position.
He received a promotion to sergeant.
I got a promotion last week from branch manager to regional manager.
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A promotion gives out information about a product, product line, brand, or company.
The store has a special promotion this week on two-for-one pizzas.
centre
Noun
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The centre of something, is the place that is as far from its outside as possible.
The president and his problems continue to take centre stage in the news.
She placed a flowers at the center of the table and then hurried off.
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A centre is a building, area, or group of people with a particular purpose.
They have opened a large shopping centre in Taipei.
The team was staying at the US Olympic training centre.
Recently, Bahrain has become a major international banking centre.
Scientists at the Centre for Disease Control have found a new virus.
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The town centre is the place in the town where most of the shops are.
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In politics, the centre is the position that is not politically right or left.
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In sports, a centre is a player who plays in the middle of the field, usually an attacker.
centre
Verb
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If you centre something, you move it towards the centre.