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world
Noun
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The Earth.
Our world needs to be cared for.
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The .
I love you more than anybody else in the world.
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The setting of a group of people.
They were in their own world as they talked about trains nobody else knew about.
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A planet.
I wonder if there is life on other worlds.
book
Noun
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A book is a lot of paper joined together with writing and pictures printed on them for you to read or write in.
I borrow books from the library, and keep them in a bookcase.
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A book is a group of stamps, matches, tickets, etc., held together inside a paper cover.
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A company's books are its money records.
An outside accountant kept the books and signed the checks until he joined the company.
book
Verb
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If you book something or someone, you reserve them for a certain time.
I want to book a hotel room for tomorrow night.
I can book tickets for the concert next week.
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If you book someone, you officially put their name in police records for a crime.
The police booked him for driving too fast.
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.
copyright
Noun
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Copyright is the rights given to a creator to protect their work from other uses.
Star Wars' copyright is held by Lucasfilm.
copyright
Verb
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If you copyright something, you register its copyright.
She copyrighted her book.
day
Noun
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A day is a measure of time.
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24 hours
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Seven days make one week
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The time between midnight and the following midnight (or between sunset and sunset in Jewish reckoning)
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The time between sunrise and sunset, when it is daylight
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The part of a day spent at work or school
He spent two days at work means that on two days he went to work; he did not spend 48 hours at work.