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environmental
Adjective
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Environmental protection, education, issues, etc. all relate to the natural world: land, air, water, and living things.
The country needs help to deal with its environmental problems.
Saving the forests makes economic as well as environmental sense.
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Environmental factors, impact, effect, etc. all relate to the area around someone or something.
The disease is caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors.
chemical
Noun
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A chemical is a basic substance that is used in or produced by mixing elements or other chemicals.
When you burn plastics, you put dangerous chemicals into the air.
The chemical industry in China is producing more and more useful paints, glues, and other products.
chemical
Adjective
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Of or about chemicals.
This test can detect small changes in the chemical composition of water.
data
Noun
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Data is information, such as facts, numbers, photographs, etc.
A study using experimental data from ten schools found no difference between methods.
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.
information
Noun
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Information is facts, details, numbers, names, and other forms of knowledge.
The nurse can provide you with more information about healthy eating.
Computers make it easy to save and search for the information you need.
network
Noun
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A network is a group of connections between a number of points.
Electronic systems control the busiest parts of the rail network.
This is the first national TV network that is 100% sports.
We conduct much of our overseas banking business through a network of some 3,500 worldwide branches.
You can connect to the Internet through a wireless local network system.
I don't have a good social network in my new job.
network
Verb
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If you network, you make or use social connections, usually for business purposes.
I spent most of my time at the conferences networking with other sales people.