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traffic
Noun
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Traffic is the things that move along a path, especially cars on a road.
Traffic is slow at rush hour.
On holiday weekends there are traffic jams that stretch for miles.
He turned quickly, nearly getting hit by oncoming traffic.
Almost half of all traffic accidents are alcohol-related.
Why does it take the traffic lights so long to turn green?
As the amount of traffic on the Internet increases, there are more and more problems.
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Traffic is the buying and selling of goods, especially illegal goods.
Governments are working to prevent the abduction and sale of, or traffic in children.
traffic
Verb
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If you traffic in certain goods, you buy and sell them, especially illegally.
They were arrested for trafficking in stolen goods.
lost
Adjective
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If you are lost you do not know where you are. You might not know how to get home.
I was lost in the woods for a week.
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If something is lost you do not know where it is.
My phone is lost.
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If something is lost it is gone. It might not exist any more.
All my hope is lost.
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If something is lost it has failed.
Trying to reach her is a lost cause.