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death
Noun
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The end of life and existence.
Death and destruction are a part of war.
The Bible teaches that death and suffering came into the world because of Adam's sin.
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The state of being dead.
She looked happy, even in death.
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The end of one's life and existence.
The death of my wife was hard to accept.
She has seen many deaths.
My uncle's death made the whole family feel sad.
by
Preposition
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near or next to.
The mailbox is by the bus stop.
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at some time before (the given time).
Be back by ten o'clock!
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if something is done by somebody, it is done through their action
The matter was decided by the chairman.
The boat was swamped by the water.
He was protected by his body armour.
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if something is created by somebody, they are the creator, author, etc.
There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare.
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shows how someone does something
I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking.
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using the rules or logic of.
I sorted the items by category.
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with a change of. In this case, by shows how much something has changed.
Our stock is up by ten percent.
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shows how slowly, or how quickly, someone does something (used in the form "X by X" or "by Xs")
We went through the book page by page.
We crawled forward by inches.
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If you multiply mathx/math by mathy/math, you multiply mathx/math × mathy/math.
Five multiplied by seven is 35.
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If you divide mathx/math by mathy/math, you find how many mathy/maths are in mathx/math.
35 divided by seven is five.
smoke
Noun
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Smoke is the gray or black substance that goes up into the air when something burns.
The smoke from that factory is making me sick.
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A cigarette.
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A light grey colour tinted with blue.
smoke
Verb
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If something is smoking, it is making smoke.
The fire's still smoking. You'd better put some more water on it.
suffocation
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noun
killing by depriving of oxygen
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noun
(= asphyxiation)
the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped)
asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture