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hand
Noun
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Your hands are the parts of your body at the end of your arms. A hand has four fingers and a thumb.
Mother, I'm afraid, please hold my hand.
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Clock hands are pointed needles that show what time it is.
The long hand is pointing to the 4, which refers to how many hours have passed. The short hand is pointing to the 7, which refers to how many groups of 5 minutes have passed. The time is therefore 4:35.
hand
Verb
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If I hand you something, I give it to you.
Please hand me that tool. I can't reach it.
over
Preposition
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Something is over when it has finished, usually referring to an event.
When the movie was over we left the movie theater.
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In a location above something.
He stepped over the dog.
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From one side to the other.
They went over the bridge.
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If you invite someone over, you invite them to your house.
They had him over for tea.
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A number divided by another.
Eight over two is four.
over
Noun
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An over in a cricket match is six balls bowled from one end.
The captain told me I would have to bowl the next over.
test
Noun
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A test is writing that many learners do in a room at the same time so that people are able to see how much knowledge the learners have.
I'm happy because I got a high mark on the test.
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A test is something someone does to see if something works.
The person did a good test of the machine by pushing all the buttons and watching the machine.
test
Verb
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The action of testing; to try something out to see whether it works.
He tested the software many times.