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exploitation
Noun
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Exploitation is the use of something, usually for profit.
The commercial exploitation of Alaska for oil could lead to serious environmental problems.
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Exploitation is the use or treatment of someone unfairly.
Today, most countries have laws against the exploitation of children in factories.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
the
Determiner
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Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
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Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
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Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
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Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.
sea
Noun
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A place with a large amount of salt water.
bed
Noun
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A piece of furniture to sleep on.
At night, I go to bed.
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The bottom of a river or ocean.
The fish was so far down in the water that it was touching the river's bed.
bed
Verb
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To have sex with someone.
By the next week, Josh had bedded Tina and Holly.