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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.
toll
Noun
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A toll is money you must pay to use a facility.
A toll house was used to collect toll (payment) to travel on a road.
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A toll is a cost, or something bad that happens because of something.
My illness has taken its toll, making me too sick to work.
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A toll is the sound made by a large bell.
She could hear toll of the church bell.
toll
Verb
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To toll is to ring a large bell slowly.
He climbed the tower so he could help toll the church bell.