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Russia
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noun
a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991
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noun
a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in the 17th and 18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital; overthrown by revolution in 1917
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noun
(= Soviet Russia)
formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia
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noun
a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state
vs
Abbreviation
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A short way of saying versus.
The first wrestling match is Jones vs Smith.
rest
Noun
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A pause or break.
You need to take a rest.
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(music) A mark in music showing counts that are not played.
That quarter-note is followed by three rests.
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Sleep.
You need rest.
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A rest is a place where you can put something, often your arm.
rest
Verb
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To take a break.
He rested for five minutes.
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To be located somewhere.
The statue rests on the mantle.
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To place something in a place.
He rested his foot on the stair.
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To sleep.
The baby is resting.
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To be dead.
Rest in peace.
She is resting in Jesus.
Karen rests in a tomb.
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.
world
Noun
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The Earth.
Our world needs to be cared for.
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The .
I love you more than anybody else in the world.
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The setting of a group of people.
They were in their own world as they talked about trains nobody else knew about.
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A planet.
I wonder if there is life on other worlds.