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workshop
Noun
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A workshop is a room where things are made or repaired.
We have a workshop where we make clocks.
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A workshop is a meeting for a specific purpose.
The new workshop is to discuss safety at work.
on
Preposition
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positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above
The apple is on the table.
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at the date of
Tim was born on the 4th of July.
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along, forwards (continuing an action)
drive on, rock on
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about, dealing with the subject of
I have a book on history.
There was a World Summit on the Information Society a few weeks ago.
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touching; hanging from
I have no money on me at the moment.
I would like to eat the fruit on the trees.
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because of, due to
He was arrested on suspicion of bribery.
I contacted Joanne on a hunch that she would know about it.
The stock price increased on news of a new product.
on
Adjective
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If something is on, it is active, functioning or operating.
The television is on.
The lights are on, so it is very bright.
gender
Noun
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A living thing's gender is its sex: male (man, boy), female (woman, girl), both, or neither.
There are gender differences in everything from physical size to play style.
The effects vary considerably according to such factors as class, race and gender.
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Gender is a way of grouping nouns in some languages, for example: masculine, feminine &; neuter.
In French, the gender affects everything from the choice of le or la to the adjective endings.
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Someone's gender is whether they behave like a boy or girl. This is called masculine or feminine, and not the same as male or female.
His gender was not traditional, he was a very feminine boy.
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The gender of a cord, cable, or plug tells how it connects. If it has a hole (a socket) that can be plugged into, it is female. If it plugs into a hole, it is male.
The microphone was the wrong gender for the computer's sound card.
integration
Noun
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An integration is the process of finding the integral of a function.
into
Preposition
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from out to in
I opened the door and stepped into the house.
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.
human
Adjective
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Human rights, life, nature, etc. belong or relate to people, not machines or animals.
Every person has human rights.
My dog doesn't like dog food, he likes to eat human food, such as meat, like us.
human
Noun
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A human is a person; a member of the Homo sapiens species.
What effect are we humans having on the natural world?
right
Adjective
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When something is right, it is correct.
You did the right thing.
right
Noun
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When something is to the right of a location, it means the direction 90º clockwise.
He takes a right at the library.
She made a right turn on Oak Street.
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When you have the right for something, it means that it is an activity allowed by status.
You have the right to remain silent.
Administrators on Wiktionary have the right to block users from editing.
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An action that is moral.
Two wrongs don’t make a right.
right
Verb
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When you turn something right, you turn it the right-side-up.
He righted the boat.
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When you make something right, you correct it.
He tried to right a wrong.
right
Adverb
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In the direction 90º clockwise.
She turned right.
system
Noun
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A group of things that work together; a way of doing something.
This coloured paper is part of my system for keeping lists of people.