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rate
Noun
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Speed. A rate is how fast something happens. Something can go at a fast rate or a slow rate.
The rate of water pouring out of the lake into the river is enough to make the lake empty in a year if it doesn't rain.
Her heart rate is 70 beats every minute.
If we keep writing pages at this rate we might have 2000 Simple English Wiktionary words by August 4.
rate
Verb
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Someone rates something when they decide how much its value is (how much it's worth).
I rate this book at six out of ten: it was not the best book.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
fall
Verb
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When something or someone falls, it moves down quickly down through the air because nothing is holding it. It moves to a lower position because of gravity.
The apple fell from the tree.
The bridge is falling down.
He tripped on a banana peel and fell down, hurting his leg.
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When someone falls, they can mean coming down to the ground on purpose, lying with the face down.
He fell to the floor and begged for mercy.
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Falling is when someone or something has been defeated.
The Romans fell to the Goths in 410 AD.
fall
Noun
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Fall is the name for autumn used only in North America, named after the falling of leaves during the season. It is the season when the weather is getting colder, after summer and before winter.
These plants are growing big and they will be ready to eat in the fall.
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A fall or falls or waterfall is a part of a river where water is falling.
We went to the falls to eat lunch outside and watch the water falling.
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A fall is when people suffered a loss of greatness or status, such as the fall of Rome.