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log
Noun
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A log is a piece of wood that is long and round that has been cut off a tree.
We need another log to make a nice big fire.
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A log is a place where people or computer programs write things when they happen, and they write the date (and maybe the time) every time they write something.
We need to keep a log of everyone going into and out of this building.
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In mathematics, a log is a logarithm.
log
Verb
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When people log a forest, they cut down the trees to make logs.
This was a forest here, but it was logged a few years ago.
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When someone logs something, they write it in a log book.
Make sure you log that so we'll remember what time it happened.
body
Noun
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A body is the main part of a person, animal, physical object, or organisation.
After falling out of the tree, his arm was broken and his body hurt all over.
The governing body of the UN meets in Geneva.
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A body is a dead person or animal.
The police found her body after she had been missing for three days.
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A body is a group of people.
The senate is an important legislative body in the United States.
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A body of something is a lot on it together in one place.
Lake Michigan is a large body of water.
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A body is a thing that all moves together.
The moon is a body in orbit around Earth.
corpse
Noun
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A dead body.
self
Noun
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Your self is the type of person you are, particularly the way you usually act, look or feel.
He looked so happy compared to his usual down self that Walter wondered if something was wrong.
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Someone's self is their personality or character that makes them individual.
As the baby grows older, it begins to develop a sense of self.
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Self is used to refer to a person.
Please bring your wife and your good self.
bridge
Noun
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Anything which avoids something which blocks a path, usually water, by going over the top of it.
The connects the two sides of California.
The bridge let cars go over the road, to avoid the traffic.
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A card game.
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.
nose
Verb
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If you nose, you move with caution.
The ship nosed through the minefield.
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If you nose you snoop.
She was nosing around other people’s business.
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If you nose something, you push it with your nose.
most
Determiner
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The majority of; much of; > 50%.
She does the most cleaning, but the least cooking.
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The largest amount of.
Bob knows the most about cooking.
most
Adverb
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Having the largest amount of a characteristic in a group.
You must ask yourself what is most important.
Tony is the most successful.
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To a large degree; very.
That is most unusual.
important
Adjective
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Main or primary.
That is an important point.
or
Conjunction
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A word used to link two alternative choices.
Would you like tea or coffee?
preeminent
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adjective
(= leading)
greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
our greatest statesmen
the country's leading poet
a preeminent archeologist
thing
Noun
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An item; an object.
She sent her things to New York.
main
Adjective
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The main thing is the most important or biggest one.
They turned off the main road and saw a small house.
There are many problems, but the main one is money.
what was the main reason for war in Europe in 1914?
main
Noun
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A main is a large pipe or wire that carries gas, water, electricity, etc.
A break in a water main has closed the road.
course
Noun
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In school, a course is a class in a specific subject.
The science course was very difficult.
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A course is the path that something follows in space or in time.
During the course of the evening, things went from bad to worse.
The economy grew quickly over the course of the next few years.
In the course of testing the drug, they found new uses for it.
One teacher can completely change the course of your life.
We'll have to let the disease take its course.
It is important that we decide now on the future course for the company.
The wind kept blowing the boat off course.
The course of the river has changed over time.
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For a meal, a course is one part of a meal such as dessert.
We usually do not eat a meal with nine courses.
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Some games are played on a course.
The game of golf is played on a golf course.
course
Verb
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If something courses, it runs or flows through something.
Blood courses through the veins and arteries in our bodies.
The oil coursed through the engine.
a
Determinative
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A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type.
Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".
a
Noun
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A is the first letter of the alphabet.
The letter "a" comes before "b".
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In some schools, an A is a very high grade.
Ron got an A on his earth science test.
river
Noun
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A channel of water.
We go swimming in the river.
The river bends there.
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A lot of something.
He won a river of votes.
mushroom
Noun
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A mushroom is fungi that grows on soil or on dying wood.
While in the forest, make sure to look on dead trees for mushrooms!
bracket
Noun
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A tax, income, or age bracket is a set of values with a bottom limit and a top limit or a group of people who fit between the limits.
In the 25 to 29 age bracket, 43 percent of men and 29 percent of women had never married.
Investors in the 28% tax bracket (taxable income between $32,450 and $46,200 a year) will pay less tax next year.
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A bracket is a punctuation mark used to set off extra information. The basic shape is round, like this: ( ), but the following are also brackets: [ ], { }, .
Weight is given in kilograms, while numbers in brackets show weight in pounds.
A common error in writing computer code is to forget to close your brackets.
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A bracket is one of a wide variety of pieces, usually metal, wood, or plastic that are used to support or connect machines or materials. Commonly brackets are L-shaped.
bracket
Verb
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If mathx/math is bracketed by mathy/math, mathx/math is between mathy/math.
Her desk was bracketed by bookcases.
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If two things are bracketed together, they are put together in the same group.
fungus
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noun
an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia
that
Determiner
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Used to show which thing we are talking about; used with things that are not close to the speaker.
Give me that book, not this one.
Give me that, not this.
That dog is hungry.
that
Subordinator
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used to link a subordinate clause to a main one
You said that you liked me.
Give me the book that I dropped.
grow
Verb
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When things grow they get bigger or change in other ways over time.
In time, the boy grew into a man.
Every day I grow better and better.
The little seed has grown into a big tree.
I am a grown man, I can make my own choices in my life now
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When you grow something, you help it stay alive and get bigger.
I grow flowers in my garden.
on
Preposition
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positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above
The apple is on the table.
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at the date of
Tim was born on the 4th of July.
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along, forwards (continuing an action)
drive on, rock on
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about, dealing with the subject of
I have a book on history.
There was a World Summit on the Information Society a few weeks ago.
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touching; hanging from
I have no money on me at the moment.
I would like to eat the fruit on the trees.
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because of, due to
He was arrested on suspicion of bribery.
I contacted Joanne on a hunch that she would know about it.
The stock price increased on news of a new product.
on
Adjective
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If something is on, it is active, functioning or operating.
The television is on.
The lights are on, so it is very bright.
tree
Noun
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A tree is a tall plant of wood.
I'm going to climb a tree.
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A tree is a map of ideas that looks like the plant.
My family tree shows how I am related to all my family members.
tree
Verb
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(uncommon) If you tree something, you chase it up into a tree.
trunks
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noun
(= short pants)
trousers that end at or above the knee
decaying
noun
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The process of undergoing decay.
log
Noun
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A log is a piece of wood that is long and round that has been cut off a tree.
We need another log to make a nice big fire.
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A log is a place where people or computer programs write things when they happen, and they write the date (and maybe the time) every time they write something.
We need to keep a log of everyone going into and out of this building.
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In mathematics, a log is a logarithm.
log
Verb
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When people log a forest, they cut down the trees to make logs.
This was a forest here, but it was logged a few years ago.
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When someone logs something, they write it in a log book.
Make sure you log that so we'll remember what time it happened.