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legislation
Noun
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Legislation is the official laws and rules of a government.
City council is planning new legislation regarding recycling.
This new crime law is a very important piece of legislation.
The legislation in Taiwan says that to be legally married the couple will need to be above the age of eighteen.'.
Congress approved several pieces of legislation.
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Legislation is the process of making and passing laws.
The government has the power of legislation.
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.
prevention
Noun
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The act of preventing something or hindering it; when someone or something is stopped from getting close, getting inside, or doing something.
We built a wall to help the prevention of an attack on the city.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
discrimination
Noun
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Discrimination is the act of treating someone unfairly just because of their skin colour, religion, sex, etc.
Even in 2007, there's still too much sex discrimination at the higher levels of big business.
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Discrimination is the ability to notice differences.
At this small size, discrimination is very difficult.
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Discrimination is the ability to recognise high levels of quality.
The clothes were chosen by someone with discrimination.
branch
Noun
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A part of a tree that grows out from the trunk (center).
Sally scraped her arm on a branch when she fell out of a tree.
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A part of something that acts like a branch does to its tree.
The study of electricity is a branch of physics.
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One of a series of shops that are owned by the same company in business.
McDonalds has many branches spread throughout the country.