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list
Noun
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A list is a group of related words, often in some order, often to help you remember something.
I can't remember if we need milk and I've forgotten the shopping list.
Did you call everyone on the phone list?
I'm sorry, I can't talk now. I've got a long list of things to do.
list
Verb
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If you list something, you say or write a number of related things.
OK, let's start the meeting by listing the things to talk about.
The phone book lists five different restaurants in our town.
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If a ship lists, it leans to one side.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
muscle
Noun
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A muscle is a part of the body of a person or animal. It's a part that pulls to make parts of the body move.
He can lift heavy things because he has strong muscles.
muscle
Verb
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To muscle is to use strength or muscles to do something.
He muscled his way into the room between the people who were trying to stop him.
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.
human
Adjective
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Human rights, life, nature, etc. belong or relate to people, not machines or animals.
Every person has human rights.
My dog doesn't like dog food, he likes to eat human food, such as meat, like us.
human
Noun
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A human is a person; a member of the Homo sapiens species.
What effect are we humans having on the natural world?
body
Noun
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A body is the main part of a person, animal, physical object, or organisation.
After falling out of the tree, his arm was broken and his body hurt all over.
The governing body of the UN meets in Geneva.
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A body is a dead person or animal.
The police found her body after she had been missing for three days.
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A body is a group of people.
The senate is an important legislative body in the United States.
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A body of something is a lot on it together in one place.
Lake Michigan is a large body of water.
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A body is a thing that all moves together.
The moon is a body in orbit around Earth.