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studies
noun
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academic field of study
in
Preposition
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Used to show that something is inside something else.
The cat is in the box.
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Used to show that someone is at home, or is available.
Is John in?
The Doctor is now in.
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Used to show movement towards the inside.
The rain came in through the window.
east
Noun
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The east is a place that is closer to where the sun rises than another place.
My parents live in the east.
east
Preposition
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One of the four compass directions: 90º clockwise from north. The sun rises in the east.
I drove east from Chicago.
Asian
Noun
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A person from Asia. Most often this means a person from east Asia.
Asian
Adjective
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From Asia.
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In a style typical of Asia, especially east Asia.
tectonics
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noun
the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust
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noun
(= architectonics)
the science of architecture
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.
resource
Noun
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A resource is something that is available and useful.
We don't have enough time and resources to finish the job.
Canada has fewer natural resources, including trees, fish, and oil, than it did in the past.