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external
Adjective
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Something that is external is not on the inside.
Both internal and external stairs need to be modified to allow wheelchairs into the building.
There are many influences upon the child external to life in school.
I wondered if there were any external pressures that led your husband to make the change.
Other sources of external debt arise where non-residents purchase local bonds.
frame
Noun
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The parts of a building that are strong and that hold the other parts up.
Now that the frame is done, we can start on the walls.
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The strong parts (bones) of a person's body.
His starved flesh hung on his frame.
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Something, often made of wood, around the outside of a picture.
The painting was in a beautifully carved frame.
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The outer part of a stamp's image, usually decorated.
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A part of a strip of photographic film, the size of one image.
A film projector shows many frames in a single second.
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A way of understanding, a point of view.
In this frame, it's easy to ask the question that the investigators missed.
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A game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls have been potted.
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A chunk of data sent over the wires of a network.
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In bowling, a set of balls whose results are added for scoring.
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A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30th of a second.
frame
Verb
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People frame a building when they put together the strong parts while they're building or constructing it.
Once we finish framing the house, we'll hang tin on the roof.
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Someone frames a picture such as a painting or photograph when they add a decorative border.
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Someone who is taking a picture with a camera frames something when they carefully put it inside the edges of the picture in a nice way.
The director frames the fishing scene very well.
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To put together words to make a point of view (way of thinking) for understanding or interpretation.
How would you frame your accomplishments?
The way the opposition has framed the argument makes it hard for us to win.
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Someone frames someone else of a crime such as murder that they didn't do when they make things seem as if the person did the crime.
He put the gun in her car to try to frame her.
pack
Verb
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When you pack something, you put it in a container to carry with you.
Did you pack your swimming suit?
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When you pack a container, you put things in it to carry with you.
The students have all packed their bags and left for the summer.
It's time to pack up and go.
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If you pack a place or a container with something (or pack something in a place or container), you put a lot inside.
The hall was packed with visitors.
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If you pack something like snow or earth, you press it to make it take up less space.
All the runners had packed the earth hard.
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If you pack a gun, you carry it with you.
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If you pack something away, you put it away in a container.
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If you pack it in, you give up.
pack
Noun
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A pack is a container that things are sold in.
Cigarettes were selling for over $10 a pack.
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A pack is a bag used to carry things, usually on your back.
My spare clothes are in my pack.
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A pack of cards is a set of 52 playing cards.
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A pack is a group of animals, usually that hunt together.
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A pack of people is a group, usually not a nice group.
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A pack of lies is something that is completely untrue.
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An ice pack is something cold that you put on an injury.