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spectacle
Noun
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A spectacle is something that you see that is unusual or notable.
I will never forget the spectacle of watching trying to carry all his bags home from the station.
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A spectacle is a display or event on a grand scale.
The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games was quite a spectacle.
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To make a spectacle of yourself you do something stupid that other people can see.
While trying to impress the boys, she fell over in her high heel shoes, making a real spectacle of herself.
case
Noun
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A case is a container to hold something.
He opened the case and pulled out his violin.
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A case is a matter for police or in court.
The judge did not accept his case.
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A case is the form of a noun showing how it is used in a sentence.
The word "he" is in the subject or nominative case.
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A case is a person of a certain kind.
That man is sure a hard case.
case
Verb
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If a police officer cases a house, he or she watches it until something happens.
We were casing a house all night in Brooklyn.