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wow
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verb
impress greatly
The speaker wowed the audience
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noun
(= belly laugh)
a joke that seems extremely funny
and
Conjunction
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You use and to talk about two things at once.
I like singing and reading.
Mary and Jane went on a holiday together.
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You use and when you are listing a few things and you are now on your last item of the list.
I like singing, reading, cycling and playing soccer.
I used to like this girl from my class as she is pretty, gentle and caring.
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And is used when you are putting two sentences together.
She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left.
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Used to show what happened after something else.
The alarm went off and I woke up.
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And is used to join certain numbers together.
Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.
flutter
Verb
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If something flutters, it moves unsteadily quickly right and left or up and down, often because of wind.
She was very sleepy, but from time to time, her eyes fluttered open.
The leaves fluttered down from the trees and around the house.
Three bright flags fluttered in the wind.
The wind set the leaves of the tree fluttering.
Leaves flutter when the wind blows.
A candle flame will flutter if the wind blows.
flutter
Noun
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A flutter is a quick movement up and down or left and right.
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A flutter is the sound of this movement.