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blood
Noun
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Blood is a red liquid inside a person or animal's body that carries nutrients and oxygen to the other parts of the body.
I'm taking medication for high blood pressure.
These blood vessels bring oxygen to every part of your body.
He put his hand over the cut to stop the flow of blood.
Vitamin B12 helps maintain healthy red blood cells.
When you run, your heart works harder pumping blood up and down your body.
There was a knife lying by her body, covered in blood.
The police found six tiny drops of blood in the kitchen and in the garage.
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The family that you were born in is your blood.
sedimentation
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noun
(= deposit)
the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating
rate
Noun
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Speed. A rate is how fast something happens. Something can go at a fast rate or a slow rate.
The rate of water pouring out of the lake into the river is enough to make the lake empty in a year if it doesn't rain.
Her heart rate is 70 beats every minute.
If we keep writing pages at this rate we might have 2000 Simple English Wiktionary words by August 4.
rate
Verb
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Someone rates something when they decide how much its value is (how much it's worth).
I rate this book at six out of ten: it was not the best book.