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fall
Verb
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When something or someone falls, it moves down quickly down through the air because nothing is holding it. It moves to a lower position because of gravity.
The apple fell from the tree.
The bridge is falling down.
He tripped on a banana peel and fell down, hurting his leg.
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When someone falls, they can mean coming down to the ground on purpose, lying with the face down.
He fell to the floor and begged for mercy.
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Falling is when someone or something has been defeated.
The Romans fell to the Goths in 410 AD.
fall
Noun
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Fall is the name for autumn used only in North America, named after the falling of leaves during the season. It is the season when the weather is getting colder, after summer and before winter.
These plants are growing big and they will be ready to eat in the fall.
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A fall or falls or waterfall is a part of a river where water is falling.
We went to the falls to eat lunch outside and watch the water falling.
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A fall is when people suffered a loss of greatness or status, such as the fall of Rome.
out
Preposition
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Something that is out is not in.
Polly opened the door and went out.
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If something using electricity is out, it is turned off or the electricity is not flowing..
Turn the light out before you leave.
The power's out so nothing's working.
I'm trying to find which light went out.
Oh, no! The fire's gone out again.
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Something that moves out moves from the inside to a place that is not inside.
He took the pen out of his pocket.
Please, close the door as you go out.
If you walk out that door, you can't come back.
The car stopped and out came two men.
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far away
We live out in the country.
He's about half an hour out of Toronto.
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If someone is out, they are not in the place where someone is looking for them.
You can't see the doctor now. He is out.
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to a number of people
We'll give out the books after everyone has arrived.
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away
Don't throw that out. I'm still using it.
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If something is out, you can look at or see it.
the sun is out
the flowers are out
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If something comes out of something, it comes from it.
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If something is out, it is available for sale.
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If something is out, it is not in fashion.
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If someone is out, they are not conscious.
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If a you are out of something, you had it before but you've used or sold all of it.
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If mathx/math is made out of mathy/math, mathy/math is the material that mathx/math is made of.
out
Noun
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If someone is prevented from scoring in baseball, they make an out.
There were two men on base and two outs.
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A way to escape is an out.
boy
Noun
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A boy is a male child or teenager; someone who is not a man yet.
He had a pretty wife and two little ones: a boy and a girl.
My oldest son was a Boy Scout in England.
The boys basketball team won five games in a row.
Two teenage boys died in the crash.
A 12-year-old boy stands at the window and watches two men outside.
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An immature man.
"I am a grown man" "you are not a man, you are a little boy, you don't act like a man".
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A male animal.
I told my mom I wanted a boy puppy, not a girl one.