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lady
Noun
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A polite way of saying "woman".
Please direct this lady to the soft furnishings department.
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The wife of a lord or a woman who holds the office in her own right.
Lady Diana was very popular with the British people.
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A polite woman who is respected.
Mary, please try to act more like a lady in public.
If you are not ladylike, you will not be seen as a lady.
and
Conjunction
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You use and to talk about two things at once.
I like singing and reading.
Mary and Jane went on a holiday together.
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You use and when you are listing a few things and you are now on your last item of the list.
I like singing, reading, cycling and playing soccer.
I used to like this girl from my class as she is pretty, gentle and caring.
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And is used when you are putting two sentences together.
She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left.
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Used to show what happened after something else.
The alarm went off and I woke up.
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And is used to join certain numbers together.
Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.
gentleman
Noun
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A gentleman is a man that treats other nicely, or a man of higher class.
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To call someone a gentleman is also a polite way to talk to someone.
Please come with me, gentlemen.