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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.
agency
Noun
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An agency is a group of people called agents working together, or a place where agents work.
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# An agency is a company (business) which usually represents other people. The people at the agency work as agents to represent (stand for) their customers.
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#:Our agency works to help people find jobs in music.
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# Agency is a company that does something specific.
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#:Our ad agency has made advertisements for many important businesses.
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# An agency is a certain part of a government.
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#:He works for the real CIA, the actual Central Intelligence Agency.
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Agency is the ability to do something.