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general
Adjective
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Usual; about most things. An idea is a general idea if it's about many things or about most things, not just about one specific thing.
First I will talk about general problems of farming, and then I will talk about the specific problems of wheat farming.
In general, I enjoy pizza.
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General is approximate, not exact; maybe a little different; close but maybe not the same.
general
Noun
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A general is the leader of an army.
The president told the general to bring the army home.
Jewish
Adjective
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If you are Jewish then you are a Jew.
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# If you are Jewish you believe or follow the religion called Judaism.
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#: He changed his religion and became Jewish.
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# If you are Jewish you are part of the group of people called Jews. To some people, the Jews are a race (or like a race); you are Jewish if your mother was Jewish.
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#: She is not religious but still calls herself Jewish because of her family.
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If something is Jewish it has to do with Judaism or with Jewish culture. This can also used for things that have to do with Jews.
Gefilte, a kind of fish, is a Jewish food.
The Talmud is a Jewish religious book.
Israel is a Jewish country.
Sternberg is a typically Jewish name.
labor
Noun
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Labor is the work that people do, usually lifting, moving, building, etc. rather than desk work.
The cost of labor is higher than the cost of building materials.
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Labor are the people who do this kind of work.
There's a big labor shortage in the construction industry.
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Labor is the name of a big political party in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.
Labor won the election.
labor
Verb
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If you labor, you work hard.
He labored over the food all afternoon to get ready for dinner.
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If you labor the point, you keep talking about it after people understand it well.
union
Noun
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A union is when many things are joined together.
The League of Nations was a union between many nations.
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A union may be the act of joining.
The union of these two companies was painless.
is the union of two lives.