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reform Verb

— If you reform something, you improve it by removing or correcting faults, problems, etc.

of Preposition

— Made using. It is a house of cards.

the Determiner

— Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist. Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book." — Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special. Are you the John Smith that I went to school with? — Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned The poor are always with us. — Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs. You are the best.

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cap Noun

— A cap is a small hat. He was wearing blue jeans and a ball cap. — A cap is a cover that closes the end of something, such as a bottle or pipe. First we need to remove the cap, then we can drain the fluid from the tank. — A cap is a limit. The government should place a cap on spending for next year. — A cap is small piece of explosive that is used to set off larger explosives. — A cap is the top part of a mushroom. — A cap is a crown for covering a tooth. — A cap is the summit (top) of a mountain. — A cap is a small amount of gunpowder that is used to set off a toy gun. — If you "pop a cap" on someone, you shoot them with a gun. You best watch out or I'll bust a cap in your ass. — A cap is an international appearance of a player in a team.

cap Verb

— If you cap something, you put a cap on it. We need to cap that pipe before turning the water back on. — If you cap something, you set an upper limit on it. — If something caps something, it fits on it and is a cap for it. — If you cap someone, you shoot that person. — If you cap something, you lie over or on top of something. — If you cap something, you surpass or outdo something.

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