Englishfor English speakers
sufficiently
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adverb
to a sufficient degree
she was sufficiently fluent in Mandarin
high
Adjective
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If something is high, it is a long way up.
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If something is high, its top is a long way up.
That is the highest mountain near here.
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If something is high, it is very good. It might be better or more important than other things. This can often means someone has more power.
The Supreme Court is the highest court in America.
Brian Boru was called the high king of Ireland.
Meeting my girlfriend was the high point of my year.
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If someone is high, that person's mind is affected by drugs.
John was high from marijuana last night.
orbit
Noun
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An orbit is a circular path achieved by an object that goes around another that is generally bigger.
The Earth's orbit around the sun is completed in nearly three hundred sixty-five days and a quarter of day.
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An orbit is the hole in the skull containing the eyeball.
Cartoon characters sometimes have their eyeballs going out of their orbits in order to make their expression look funny.
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An orbit is the sphere of influence a powerful person, organization or country can have.
During the Cold War, almost all Eastern European countries were in the orbit of the USSR.