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governing
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adjective
responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws
governing bodies
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noun
(= government)
the act of governing; exercising authority
regulations for the governing of state prisons
he had considerable experience of government
council
Noun
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A council is a group of people who are chosen or elected to make laws, rules, and decisions.
Town council is considering a road-widening proposal.
The student council has collected $5,000 to buy new books for the library.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
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.
cat
Noun
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A cat is a domestic animal often kept as a pet; it has whiskers and likes to chase mice.
Our pet cat has just had kittens.
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Cats refers to the family of many different wild animals that are related to the domestic cat.
s and tigers are big cats.
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A cat is a short-form for a catfish.
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A cat refers to a person who is a prostitute.
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A cat refers to a catamaran.
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The cat command, a computer program used to read one or more files and output its contents.
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Cat is a short-form for a catapult.
cat
Verb
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If you cat an anchor, you lift it onto the cathead.
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If you cat, you vomit out something.
cat
Adjective
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When something is cat, it is terrible and not good.
The weather these few days has been cat, so we decided to cancel our outing to the beach.
fancy
Adjective
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If something is fancy, it nicer than usual, often with decorations and bright colours.
That's a very fancy dress you're wearing.
We tried to make things look fancy for the party.
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A fancy restaurant, party, etc. is fashionable and expensive.
She's going to a fancy party and the rest of us aren't welcome.
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Fancy movements are difficult but done with a lot of skill.
He got around the other players with some very fancy footwork.
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Fancy apples, tuna, etc. are the best kind of that food.
Cherries from Canada can be marked either "CANADA FANCY", "CANADA CHOICE" or "CANADA STANDARD"
fancy
Verb
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If you fancy something, you like or want it.
No thanks. I don't really fancy coffee.
I thought you might fancy a drink.
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If you fancy someone, you like them in a sexual way.
She's very nice, but I don't really fancy her, if you get my meaning.
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If you fancy yourself something, you think you are that (but maybe other people don't agree).
He fancies himself a great football player.
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If you fancy something up, you make it more fancy.
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You say "Fancy that!" or fancy something, to show that you're surprised about it or think it unlikely.
Fancy her getting the job!
fancy
Noun
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A fancy is a like or a wish.
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A fancy is an idea or a dream.
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Fancy is imagination.