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proposal
Noun
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A proposal is something that someone suggests doing.
That was an interesting proposal.
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A proposal is when you ask someone to marry you.
She finally accepted my proposal last night.
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A proposal is a formal plan to do research, that a school other agency may have to agree to let you do.
My thesis proposal was finally accepts.
We wrote a grant proposal, hoping to get money for our project.
on
Preposition
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positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above
The apple is on the table.
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at the date of
Tim was born on the 4th of July.
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along, forwards (continuing an action)
drive on, rock on
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about, dealing with the subject of
I have a book on history.
There was a World Summit on the Information Society a few weeks ago.
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touching; hanging from
I have no money on me at the moment.
I would like to eat the fruit on the trees.
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because of, due to
He was arrested on suspicion of bribery.
I contacted Joanne on a hunch that she would know about it.
The stock price increased on news of a new product.
on
Adjective
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If something is on, it is active, functioning or operating.
The television is on.
The lights are on, so it is very bright.
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.
biological
Adjective
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If something is biological, it is related to biology or life.
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Your biological parents are related to you by blood.
aspect
Noun
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An aspect is a view of something, often something non-physical, such as an idea or a problem.
In Chapter 2 we look at processor size. In Chapter 3 we consider other aspects of processor design.
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In grammar, aspect is the verb form(s) that show the speaker's view of whether the situation is complete or happens again and again. English shows the progressive aspect by using (be) + -ing.
"I go" and "I'm going" are both present tense, but "I'm going" is in the progressive aspect.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
race
Noun
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A race is when people compete to see who is the fastest at either driving or running.
There was a race to see who could finish first.
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A race is a group of people that come from the same place and have similar traditions.
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A race is a group of people with the same physical characteristics, such as skin color, hair color and type, etc.
race
Verb
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When a person races, he competes with other people to see who can go the fastest.
Tom was hungry, so he raced George down to the ice cream truck.