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Bi
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noun
(= bismuth)
a heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically); usually recovered as a by-product from ores of other metals
phase
Noun
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A phase is stage in a process.
We will look at very basic ideas during the first phase of training.
As the war enters its final phase, the role of the UN will probably become more important.
Teenagers often go through a phase of being attracted to someone of the same sex.
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If things are in phase, they are working, moving, or changing together.
phase
Verb
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If you phase something in, you introduce it step by step.
Over the next few years, all farm support was slowly phased out.
mark
Noun
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A mark is a single line left by a pen or pencil, or any small bit of color that got onto something.
You have a mark on your shirt from that tomato sauce you were eating.
mark
Verb
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To mark something is to put a mark on it.
The big rock marked the side of the car a little when she drove too close to it.
I marked the boxes so we would know which ones are mine.
Mark
Proper noun
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Mark is a male given name.