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road
Noun
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A long and narrow piece of land between two places. Usually, cars drive on it, and it is often paved.
The taxi is parked on the side of the road.
The road between the two villages is made of sand.
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The path which one takes to reach a certain place.
It is a long road to the top.
The road from Warsaw to Paris leads through half of Europe.
management
Noun
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Management is the act of watching and controlling a business or situation.
This building uses a computerized energy management systems to save electricity.
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The management is/are the people who control a business.
Management have received a 5% pay raise, but workers are only getting 3.5%.
initiative
Noun
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If you have or take the initiative, you are in control and can decide what to do next.
It's good to see someone take the initiative and start doing something about this problem.
It appears that the army was acting on its own initiative and not on orders from the president.
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If you have initiative, you do things without needing to be told to do them.
We're looking to hire somebody with initiative because I won't be able to supervise them much.
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An initiative is an effort to start doing something to solve a problem.
The town has no new initiatives to deal with garbage.
seminar
Noun
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A seminar is a small class in a college or university where the teacher and students discuss an issue.
The math seminar begins in an hour.
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.
country
Noun
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A land that is controlled by a government.
Russia is the largest country in the world.
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Places outside or far from ; the type of place where farms are. The countryside.
We live way out in the country.
I come from the country, so I don't like the busy city.
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A certain place, in general.
You're in Nascar country now.
We're away from civilization and in God's country.
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A kind of (mostly American) music started by people who lived far from cities. Short for country music.
I've been listening to a lot of country this month.
country
Adjective
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Away from the city.
We were driving down a country road, with trees all around.
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Typical of farms or places away from cities. Typical of country people.
His way seeing the world is so country.
Her appartment looks very country.
Chewing tobacco is a such a country thing to do.
I love country cooking, especially fried chicken.
member
Noun
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A member is someone belonging to a group or organization.
I am a member of Simple English Wikipedia.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
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.
economic
Adjective
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(usually before a noun; not usually gradeable) About or relating to the economy, business, money, etc.
The reduction in unemployment and continued economic growth are good news for workers.
As our two countries do more and more business, we must begin to match our economic policies.
Some people are in economic trouble and have difficulty paying their bills.
If you start saving money while you’re young, then you are setting yourself up for economic success.
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If a business activity is economic, it makes enough money.
As a small business, do you think it would be economic for us to advertise on TV?
community
Noun
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A community is a group of people living in the same area and having a similar background or similar interests.
Most Libyan policemen were members of the community where they worked.
Within the business community, most people believe that taxes are too high.
west
Noun
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The direction that the sun sets; from north, 90º to the left.
He is from the west.
west
Preposition
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One of the four compass directions: 270º clockwise from north. The sun sets in the west.
England is west of France.
African
Noun
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An African person or thing comes from Africa.
African
Adjective
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Something or someone that is African comes from Africa.
Many African countries were colonised by the British.
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Something that is African is in a style typical of Africa.
States
properNoun
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(historical, US) Those parts of the United States comprising states rather than territories.
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(Channel Islands) The parliament of either of the two Channel Islands countries: the States of Guernsey or the States of Jersey.