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technical
Adjective
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Technical problems, writing, or skills, are related to special knowledge that most people don't have.
Doctors use a lot of technical vocabulary. I wish they would explain things more easily.
Our computers had some kind of technical problem, so we had to call somebody to come and fix it.
A prima ballerina must have great technical knowledge of dance movement.
assistance
Noun
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If you give someone or something assistance, you give help or support.
The company may also provide financial assistance to single mothers.
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.
cooperation
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noun
joint operation or action
their cooperation with us was essential for the success of our mission
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noun
the practice of cooperating
economic cooperation
they agreed on a policy of cooperation
fund
Noun
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A fund is an amount of money kept for a specific purpose.
GM cannot afford to keep paying into the company pension fund.
Our fund-raising campaign has a target of $100,000.
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An organisation's funds are the money that it has.
The school is raising funds to pay for the new library.
The sports centre closed because of a lack of funds.
fund
Verb
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If you fund something, you give it money for its activities.
The project is jointly funded by the Government of Canada and the International Red Cross.
The university will no longer fund research into this drug.