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step Verb

— When you step, you move one foot. When you walk, you step many times. If you step on the ant, it will be dead.

step Noun

— A step is a movement of the foot Take one step forward to win the game. — A step is one of several actions or processes taken to achieve a goal. Heating the oven is one step needed to bake bread. — A step is a surface used to walk upwards. Most often there are several steps, one above the other. One must walk up the steps to get to the top of the building.

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by Preposition

— near or next to. The mailbox is by the bus stop. — at some time before (the given time). Be back by ten o'clock! — if something is done by somebody, it is done through their action The matter was decided by the chairman. The boat was swamped by the water. He was protected by his body armour. — if something is created by somebody, they are the creator, author, etc. There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare. — shows how someone does something I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking. — using the rules or logic of. I sorted the items by category. — with a change of. In this case, by shows how much something has changed. Our stock is up by ten percent. — shows how slowly, or how quickly, someone does something (used in the form "X by X" or "by Xs") We went through the book page by page. We crawled forward by inches. — If you multiply mathx/math by mathy/math, you multiply mathx/math × mathy/math. Five multiplied by seven is 35. — If you divide mathx/math by mathy/math, you find how many mathy/maths are in mathx/math. 35 divided by seven is five.

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guide Noun

— a document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook. — a sign that guides people; guidepost. — any marking or object that catches a person's attention for quick reference. — a device that guides part of a machine, or guides motion or action. — a spirit thought to speak through a medium. — a member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement for the rest.

guide Verb

— to serve as a guide for someone or something. — to steer or navigate. — to use control or influence over someone or something. — to supervise the education of someone. — To act as a guide.

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to Verb phrase Subordinator

— To has no meaning. It is used to introduce verb phrases. It's important for you to understand. She told them to be quiet. You want me to do it, but I don't have to. To finish quickly, we must work fast. To continue like this would be foolish. I don't know how to get there. He got the keys to open the door. It's too small to see. You are all to be here at 7:30 tomorrow morning. Do you understand? He arrived only to find that everyone had gone home.

to Preposition

— To shows where something goes, the goal of movement. He went to her house. The train returned to the Shinjuku station. I went to bed but could not rest. They went to school together and played in the same soccer team. A squad car took him to hospital where he died. Many people came to me with suggestions. I wonder why you keep going to sea when you know it's dangerous. — To shows the receivers of an action or object. The goods were sold to customers at the downtown store. — To shows the result of a change or process. It switched from red to black. They came to the conclusion that I'm better than nothing. He fell on the play, but quickly got to his feet. He was crushed to death underneath the truck. — To shows the end or limit of something. Methods have been used to overcome these problems to some degree. The class is from 1:35 to 3:25. It's just another week to the end of classes. Right now it's ten minutes to four. — To shows that one thing is touching another. They stood back to back to see who was taller. — To shows how two things are connected. He attached the printer to the computer. She was married to a Canadian man. She was assistant to the general manager. — To shows a belonging or relationship. We don't owe anything to anyone. To whom does it belong? It's a benefit to the whole school. What's the answer to this problem? I can't remember the password to this account? — To shows a comparison between two things. Girls outnumber boys two to one. Older cars get fewer kilometers to a liter of gasoline. Right now you can get one Canadian dollar to $1.05 US. — To shows your feeling or opinion about something. It feels good to me. To their surprise, she got up and left. — To shows a timing relationship, often with a music. He likes to exercise to music.

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the Determiner

— Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist. Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book." — Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special. Are you the John Smith that I went to school with? — Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned The poor are always with us. — Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs. You are the best.

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estimation Noun

— Estimation is the act or process of estimating.

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of Preposition

— Made using. It is a house of cards.

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child Noun

— A child is a young person, usually older than a baby but younger than a teenager. The children were playing in the park. Most three-year-old children speak very well. Even as a child of six, I knew what hard work was. Taking care of young children is difficult work. This kind of teaching is useful for all children, not just those children with learning disabilities. We need to do a better job of educating our children. We're collecting food for needy children. — A child is the son or daughter of someone. I am my mother's child in every way. My eldest child is now a doctor. I drove a motorcycle until my children were born. — A child of a particular time, situation, or idea is a person who is strongly influenced by it. As a child of the 90s, I grew up with computers. There isn't actually that much anger among children of divorce. — A child is the product or result of something. This book is the child of an earlier generation of grammatical theory. Anthropology is the child of Western colonialism. The very idea of a garden is the child of water. — If a woman is with child, she is pregnant. She told no one about the sex, even when she realized she was with child. — A child in a tree structure is piece of data, process or object with a role or position closer to the root.

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mortality Noun

— Mortality is the condition of being able to die or disappear. When they begin aging, certain people become afraid of their mortality.

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