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passage
Noun
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A passage is the act of passing, from one place to another, or from one state to another
Getting a driver's licence is a rite of passage from being a child to becoming an adult.
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A passage is a journey by air or water.
His passage to Australia in a sailing ship took 180 days.
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A passage is a long narrow way or path.
He heard footsteps in the passage outside his hotel room.
The ship was able to find safe passage through the coral reef.
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A passage can be an opening, or a tube along which things can pass.
The small boy had a pea stuck in his nasal passage.
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A passage is a short section from from a book or other writing.
She read to the class her favorite passage from Jane Austen's book.
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A passage is a short section from a musical work.
There was a long oboe solo is the passage we listened to from Bach's work.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
strain
Noun
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A tune, melody or song.
Alone she cuts and binds the grain,brAnd sings a melancholy strain. - William Wordsworth
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In biology, a particular species or type of animal or microbe.
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Extreme effort to do some work.
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Family or lineage.
strain
Verb
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You strain when it is difficult to do something and you must work hard to do it.
He strained to see his friend from so far away.
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To force something or apply a force.
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To remove one part of a mixture from another by filtering it.