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memorandum
Noun
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A memorandum is a short note that serves as a reminder.
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A memorandum is a written message in business or diplomacy.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
understanding
Noun
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A person's understanding of something is what they know or think about it.
Science helps us to gain a better understanding of natural processes.
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An understanding is an agreement between two people.
We had an understanding. You should have fulfilled your end of the bargain.
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Understanding is your ability to understand the feelings of other people.
Teachers must listen with kindness and understanding to what the young have to say.
understanding
Adjective
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An understanding person is able to easily see how someone else feels.
Thanks for being so understanding about how emotional and erratic I've been acting lately.
concerning
adjective
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Causing concern; worrisome.
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(obsolete) Important.
concerning
preposition
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regarding
concerning
noun
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That which one is concerned in; one's business.
conservation
Noun
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Conservation is the act of preventing the wasteful use of resources
measure
Verb
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If you measure something, you calculate its size, mass, temperature, etc. using units like centimetres, kilograms, degrees, etc.
Before clocks, time was measured by the movement of the moon and the sun.
Ireland's smallest church measures 3.6 cm by 1.8 m.
measure
Noun
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A measure is something that you do, usually to solve a problem.
The police are taking all necessary measures to guarantee the safety of people.
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A measure of something is a way to judge or assess it.
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A measure of something is an amount of it.
for
Preposition
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shows that something belongs to something else, or has a specific function
This cake is for you.
This is a net for catching fish.
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For is used to show the reason for something
He was angry, for he had never been called such terrible names before.
for
Subordinator
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For introduces a clause with a subject and a to-infinitive
It's not good for you to be too relaxed.
marine
Adjective
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If something is marine, it is of the sea or it relates to the sea.
Marine biology is the study of animals that live in the sea.
marine
Noun
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A marine is someone who is a member of the marine corps.
This man is a marine.
turtles
noun
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(UK, rhyming slang) Gloves.
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.
Atlantic
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noun
the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east
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adjective
relating to or bordering the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic currents
coast
Noun
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The coast is the area of land closest to the sea.
The hotel was near the coast and their room had a balcony from which they could see the distant ocean.
The numbers of fish along the Atlantic coast declined from heavy fishing, construction of dams, and pollution.
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If the coast is clear, nobody is looking, so you can do something without anyone knowing.
He looked out the window to see if the coast was clear.
coast
Verb
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If a vehicle coasts, it continues to move forward without needing new energy.
The car gradually coasted to a stop.
He rested as the bike coasted down the hill.
Africa
Proper noun
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Africa is the continent that is south of Europe, east of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Indian Ocean and north of Antarctica.
Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia.