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master
Noun
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A master is someone who controls something.
She is the master of this domain.
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A master of a skill is very good at it.
She is a master at sculpting humans.
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A degree awarded by a university.
She holds a masters degree at Balliol College.
master
Verb
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If a person masters something, they become very good at it; they are skilled at it.
Through their courses, they will master the fine arts.
boot
Noun
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A shoe that covers part of the leg.
I love my special hiking boots.
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(British English) A storage space at the back of a car.
He put his shopping bags in the boot.
boot
Verb
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If you boot someone, you force somebody to leave someplace.
Billy got booted off of the train after the captain found out that he had no ticket.
record
Noun
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A record is something in writing to tell what happened.
Keep a record of the date and what you said every time you talk to that person.
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A record is a big round black plastic thing with music or other sounds on it.
Now people don't use records any more -- they use cassettes or CDs.
record
Verb
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To make a written record about something.
She recorded everything she did in a little book.
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To put music or other sounds onto a machine.
The singer recorded some songs on CDs to sell them.