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deaf
Adjective
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Somebody who is deaf, cannot hear or cannot hear well.
She did not hear what I was saying because she's deaf.
and
Conjunction
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You use and to talk about two things at once.
I like singing and reading.
Mary and Jane went on a holiday together.
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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.
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And is used when you are putting two sentences together.
She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left.
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Used to show what happened after something else.
The alarm went off and I woke up.
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And is used to join certain numbers together.
Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.
dump
Verb
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If you dump something, you get rid of it.
For years the military dumped nuclear waste into local rivers and lakes.
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If you dump something, you put it down carelessly.
She dumped her stuff onto the table.
Giant trucks had begun dumping truckloads of sand on the beach.
He dumped the kids at the park and headed back home.
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If you dump something, you sell it below cost, often in another country.
The Americans have accused Canada of dumping its softwood on the US market.
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If you dump data, you save it from a large computer to a storage device.
dump
Noun
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A dump is a large area for garbage.
2,000 tons of waste arrive in San Francisco's garbage dump every day.
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A dump is the act of emptying something quickly.
They turned off the cement mixer and prepared for the dump.
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A dump is a place where weapons are kept.
The army found a weapons dump near the border.
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A dump is a building or apartment that is dirty and not nice to be in.
Let's get out of here. This place is a dump.
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A dump is the act of saving data from a large computer to a storage device.
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If you take a dump, you push waste out of your anus.
I've gotta go to the toilet and take a dump.