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custody Noun

— Custody is the act of taking care of something or somebody as it relates to the law, usually children. The court gave custody to the childrens' father. — Custody is the brief watching over or taking care of a persons' things. The bank has taken custody of the house while I finish paying the money owed on my loan. — Custody is when someone is watched over or put in prison, usually while waiting for a trial Until the trial, the judge ordered the defendant to stay in police custody because of the risk of him running away.

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and Conjunction

— You use and to talk about two things at once. I like singing and reading. Mary and Jane went on a holiday together. — 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. — And is used when you are putting two sentences together. She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left. — Used to show what happened after something else. The alarm went off and I woke up. — And is used to join certain numbers together. Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.

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care Noun

— Care is the act of helping someone, especially sick people, the very young or the very old. He decided not to seek health care from a hospitals. We take the kids to child care during the week. — If you take care of someone, you watch them so that there is no trouble. You're going to need someone to take care of you when you get older. We'll be taking real good care of you. I promise. — If you take care of a problem, you fix it or arrange it. Don's worry. Pearl and Edward will take care of things. We go in, do our job, and take care of what we need to take care of. — You say "Take care!" when you are leaving somebody. That's it. All right. Jim, good to see you. Take care. — You say "Take care!" when you want somebody to do something safely. Go slowly and take care not to touch anything. Care should be taken when holding eggs. — Care is the act of keeping something in a good condition. I'm caring for the house while they're away. — A Care is a worry, concern, or something that you think about often. I don't have a care in the world.

care Verb

— If you don't care about something, you don't think about it often or have a concern for it; it doesn't matter. I don't care what happens to my car. — If you care about something, you think it is important. He only cares about his car. — If you care for somebody, look after Young children can learn to care for a pet.

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