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die
Verb
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If a person or animal dies, it stops living.
My father died last year in a car crash, I really miss him.
The song is about her brother who died young at the age of ten.
Many more people die of heart attacks than from violence.
She died from being sick.
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If something dies, it stops existing.
The idea died once the money was all gone.
Rock and roll will never die.
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If a machine dies, it stops working.
The car died suddenly on the highway.
My computer died on me over the weekend.
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If you're dying for something, you want it very much.
I'm dying for a chance to meet him.
die
Noun
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A die is a piece of metal or other hard material used to shape, cut, or mold a product.
die
Noun
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A die is a cube, each side of which is marked with a different number of spots from 1 to 6.
casting
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noun
the choice of actors to play particular roles in a play or movie
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noun
the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel
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noun
(= molding)
the act of creating something by casting it in a mold
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noun
(= cast)
object formed by a mold
under
Preposition
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In the same place as another thing, but lower.
They ate under the trees.
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In the control of.
He was under the leader of the organization.
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In the middle of a process; experiencing.
The idea is under the committee's judgement (judging).
all
Determinative
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All of something is 100% of it, or the entire amount.
Well you could stay in bed all day on Friday. And I could take the kids to school.
You know, you can't see all of the moon.
"There was a problem." "Yes, I know all about it."
No! You did it all wrong.
Can you tell me all this tomorrow?
I think we all know we have to change.
The shirt is almost all white.
Is that all you can do?
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All of some things is 100% of them, or every one.
And then you can go and tell all your friends about it.
We have over two hundred men, but not all of them had the problem.
all
Noun
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If you give your all, you give 100% of your energy, attention, etc.
round
Preposition
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If mathx/math is round mathy/math, mathy/math is in the middle and mathx/math is on all sides.
Everyone stood round the fire to keep warm.
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If you turn or look round, you are now facing the opposite direction.
She turned round to see what had made the noise.
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You round up numbers in math
You round 28 up to 30.
round
Adjective
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Something is round if it's like a circle or like part of a circle. It is curved, not straight.
pressure
Noun
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In science, pressure is force applied over an area.
It hurt when the doctor put pressure on her cut foot.
He accidentally put too much air in his flat tire. The air put so much pressure on the tire that it exploded.
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If a person is under pressure, they feel stressed.
She has been under a lot of pressure lately because of her final exams. If she fails them, she will not graduate.
pressure
Verb
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When you pressure someone, you try to make them do something, especially something they do not want to do.
Her friends tried to pressure her into smoking, even after Maya kept saying "no."
His parents tried to pressure him into becoming a lawyer, but Jamal knew he wanted to be a doctor.