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balance
Noun
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If something is in balance, it has equal amounts all around.
She was walking on a thin line, but lost her balance and fell down.
This plan has a good balance of new and old ideas.
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The balance in your bank account is the amount of money you have in the account.
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A type of scale where there are two parts.
balance
Verb
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If you balance something, you make it have equal amounts all around.
The bird balanced easily on the wire for a few moments before flying off.
A good manager has to balance the costs and benefits of doing business.
tank
Noun
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A tank is a large, strong container for gas or liquid.
The gas stove was connected to a propane tank.
When the house needs heat, hot water from the storage tank is transferred to the house.
The firefighter was in full gear: helmet, flashlight, oxygen tank strapped across his back.
The fuel tank holds 40 liters.
The most common sources of groundwater pollution are leaking underground storage tanks.
She was pumping gas into the tank of her 1977 Ford LTD.
There was a large fish tank in which a few small orange fish were swimming.
A notebook and pen lie on top of the toilet tank.
I returned the car to her with an empty tank.
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A tank is a large metal vehicle with a gun that runs on tracks.
They do not have heavy weapons such as tanks and armored vehicles.
1968 was the year Soviet tanks rolled into Prague.
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The tank is a room, usually in a police station, for keeping people locked up.
The police threw him in the holding tank with us.
tank
Verb
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If something tanks, it gets worse quickly.