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personal
Adjective
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If something is personal, that means it is tied to you.
When I die, I will give you my personal wealth.
Don't make personal remarks.
dust
Noun
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Dust is a thin powder that can be seen in the air or on a surface.
The old building was filled with dust.
dust
Verb
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If you dust something, you remove dust from it.
Sally dusted her house to prepare it for a party.
exposure
Noun
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If mathx/math has exposure to mathy/math, mathx/math is not hidden or protected from mathy/math.
Staying out of the sun between 11am and 3pm can reduce exposure by 60 per cent.
Prolonged exposure to cold and wet may increase the chance of disease.
As a child of a Canadian father and Japanese mother, he had exposure to many different viewpoints.
The exposure of his crimes was the end of his career.
She had multiple exposures to the gas before becoming ill.
The campers died of exposure after two weeks in the cold.
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The exposure is the amount of time that a film is hit by light.
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One exposure is one section of film that is hit by light at one time.
monitor
Noun
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A monitor is part of a computer or other similar machine, and it looks like a TV.
The engineers stood around the monitor making suggesting about how the drawing could be improved.
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A monitor is a person or group whose job is to watch for problems, changes, etc.
During the test, a monitor caught me copying off the guy sitting next to me.
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A monitor is a speaker that helps musicians hear what they are playing or helps people listen to an area that they are interested in.
We put the baby to sleep, closed the door, and turned on the monitor in the kitchen.
monitor
Verb
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If you monitor something, you watch or listen to it for problems, changes, etc.
The army was sent in to monitor the police.
Parents should monitor their children's computer use.