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responsible
Adjective
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If you are responsible for something, you did it or it happened because of something that you did.
Are you saying that he was responsible for the death of your wife?
The company was partly responsible for the success of the original product.
This diet is largely responsible for our fatter population.
it is unfair to hold one football coach responsible for the school's partying problems.
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If you are responsible, you make good decisions and make sure that important things get done.
She will be a good leader for this organization because she is very responsible.
We need to come up with environmentally responsible energy sources.
Many products claim to be socially responsible, such as "fair trade" coffee.
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If you are responsible for something, you are the person who must fix things that go wrong.
I'm responsible for looking after these three buildings.
Parents are responsible for their children.
He understands the need to be personally responsible for the changes.
care
Noun
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Care is the act of helping someone, especially sick people, the very young or the very old.
He decided not to seek health care from a hospitals.
We take the kids to child care during the week.
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If you take care of someone, you watch them so that there is no trouble.
You're going to need someone to take care of you when you get older.
We'll be taking real good care of you. I promise.
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If you take care of a problem, you fix it or arrange it.
Don's worry. Pearl and Edward will take care of things.
We go in, do our job, and take care of what we need to take care of.
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You say "Take care!" when you are leaving somebody.
That's it. All right. Jim, good to see you. Take care.
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You say "Take care!" when you want somebody to do something safely.
Go slowly and take care not to touch anything.
Care should be taken when holding eggs.
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Care is the act of keeping something in a good condition.
I'm caring for the house while they're away.
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A Care is a worry, concern, or something that you think about often.
I don't have a care in the world.
care
Verb
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If you don't care about something, you don't think about it often or have a concern for it; it doesn't matter.
I don't care what happens to my car.
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If you care about something, you think it is important.
He only cares about his car.
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If you care for somebody, look after
Young children can learn to care for a pet.