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yearbook
Noun
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A book which is written newly every year, with information in it
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A book which is written every year about a school, with information and pictures about the students in the school.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
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.
international
Adjective
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An international event, situation, idea, etc. includes two or more countries.
In soccer news, France beat Japan in international competition.
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An international student is a student from country A studying in country B.
The United States has more international students than any other country.
international
Noun
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An international is a game or contest between two or more countries.
law
Noun
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Laws are the official rules of a government or organisation.
We have defined crime as behaviour which breaks the criminal law.
We believe that this law is wrong and we are not prepared to obey such a law.
The Kyoto treaty became law in 2005.
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The law is the police.
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A law is something that is always true.
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Law is the study of laws.
commission
Noun
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A commission is a group of people who work together to research or manage something for a government.
She was recently appointed to head the European commission on climate change.
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A commission is money that a salesperson receives for each sale.
You may have to pay commission to convert the dollars into local currency on your travels.
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The official appointment of an officer in a nation's armed forces.
Brummell resigned his commission when his regiment was posted to Manchester.
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A commission is a task to be undertaken.
My commission was only to deliver this message.
commission
Verb
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If you commission someone to do or create something, you formally ask them to do it.
The report commissioned by the Department of Health in 1989, contains guidelines on how best to manage and organise waiting lists.