Englishfor English speakers
studies
noun
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academic field of study
and
Conjunction
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You use and to talk about two things at once.
I like singing and reading.
Mary and Jane went on a holiday together.
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You use and when you are listing a few things and you are now on your last item of the list.
I like singing, reading, cycling and playing soccer.
I used to like this girl from my class as she is pretty, gentle and caring.
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And is used when you are putting two sentences together.
She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left.
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Used to show what happened after something else.
The alarm went off and I woke up.
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And is used to join certain numbers together.
Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.
research
Noun
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Research is the process or result of trying to find an answer by reading, interviewing, watching, or doing experiments.
The last 10 years has provided a huge amount of research into a cure for cancer.
We've been conducting research into the reason for the changes in these fish.
research
Verb
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If you research a question, you try to find an answer, usually by reading a lot about it, or by doing experiments.
I have to research the history of King Henry II for my English class.
division
Noun
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Divisions are the parts of something after division.
There are four divisions (or sections) in a classical pas de deux.
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A division is a large military unit (group of soldiers)
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A division is a section of a large company.
This division of GenericTech specializes in the manufacturing of routers.
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When scientists are grouping kinds of animals, a division is a kind of group (Latin divisio) below kingdom and above class.
Magnolias belong to the division Magnoliophyta.
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A division is a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument.
There is a division in the Senate between politicians who support abortions and politicians who do not.
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A division is a piece of music (melody), played with musical instruments, in the 17th and 18th centuries based on another piece.
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A division is a set of pipes in a pipe organ.
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A division is a concept where a common group of debtors (people who owe money) are only responsible for part of the total debt.