Englishfor English speakers
adjustment
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noun
making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
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noun
(= alteration)
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
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noun
the act of adjusting something to match a standard
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noun
(= allowance)
an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
an allowance for profit
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noun
(= adaptation)
the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
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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.
alignment
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noun
the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines
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noun
(= alliance)
an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
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noun
the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other
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noun
(= conjunction)
(astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac