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bored
Adjective
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If you are bored, you have nothing to do or there is nothing interesting.
After ten years at the same job, he had grown bored with work.
I just get bored with doing the same thing over and over.
cast
Verb
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If mathx/math casts light or shadow on mathy/math, mathx/math causes mathy/math to be lit or in shadow.
The street light outside my window cast shadows on the wall.
The campfire cast a warm light on her face.
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If you cast light on an idea or problem, you make it clearer by giving more information about it.
Our research casts new light on the connection between temperature and plant growth.
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If you cast doubt on something, you make make people less likely to believe it.
The video casts doubt on the story told by police.
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If you cast a look, glance, you look quickly.
She cast about for her pen.
He cast a quick look at the TV.
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If you cast a vote, you vote in an election.
I've decided to cast my vote for the Democratic Party.
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If you cast metal, plastic, etc., you make an object by applying wet or melted material to another material and waiting for it to harden.
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If you cast somebody in a part in a play, movie, etc., you choose them to play that part.
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If you cast something somewhere, you throw it there.
cast
Noun
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The cast of a play, movie, or show are all the people who act in it.
The director has brought back many of the cast and crew of the earlier movie.
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The cast of characters is the complete list of characters.
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A cast is a hard protective covering on part of your body that has been seriously hurt or broken.
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A cast is a shape made by applying wet or melted material to another material and waiting for it to harden.
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A cast is a throw, especially in fishing when you throw your line out.
in
Preposition
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Used to show that something is inside something else.
The cat is in the box.
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Used to show that someone is at home, or is available.
Is John in?
The Doctor is now in.
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Used to show movement towards the inside.
The rain came in through the window.
place
Noun
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A place is a point in space: a town, building, room, or even somewhere on a desk.
It's nice to see the whole family together in one place.
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A place is an open space, courtyard, or marketplace.
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A place is a group of houses.
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A place is an area of land.
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A place is someones' frame of mind.
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A place is an area for someone to sit at.
We would like to sit at that table because it has three places open.
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A place is a role or position; it is a station.
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A place is the position in which you finish a competition in.
She finished the poker tournament in fifth place.
place
Verb
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If you place something somewhere, you put it in a certain spot.
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If you place, you earn a given spot in a competition.
She finished the poker tournament in fifth place.
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If you place something somewhere, you remember the last time you encountered it.
She placed the last time we met each other at.
pile
Noun
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A pile is a lot of things with some on the bottom and more on top.
There was a neat pile of sheets and blankets at the foot of each bed.
He found his phone under a pile of clothes.
The children spent the afternoon jumping into leaf piles.
in California has many huge rock piles.
She reached for the next piece of paper on the top of the taller pile.
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A pile is a long, strong post to support something like a bridge or building.
pile
Verb
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If you pile something somewhere, you put a lot of it there.
The table that was piled high with all sorts of fruit, cheese, cakes, and sweets.
She piled the books on the corner of the desk.
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If something piles (up), there is more an more of it.
I listen to the snow piling on the roof.
When I was away the work kept piling up.
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If something piles on top of something else, it is added to it.
The changes, piled on top of the problems at home were too much.
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If people pile on, they attack somebody who is already being attacked.
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If people pile in(to) a car, or some other small space, they get in quickly.
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If people pile out of a car, or some other small space, they get out quickly.