Chapter I

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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

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a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume

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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

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an old form of “are”, used with “thou”

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in or near a particular place or position

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used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

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for the reason that

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a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

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plural of “cake” — a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)

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a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes

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to be able to, or to be allowed to

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object formed by a mold

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plural of “change” — an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

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King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)

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an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon

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light and humorous drama with a happy ending

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United States neurologist noted for his study of the brain and pituitary gland and who identified Cushing's syndrome (1869-1939)

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a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets

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a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers

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an old form of “do”, used with “thou”

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either extremity of something that has length

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an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries

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an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future

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set up or found

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perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems

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used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning

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the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

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inside something, or within a place, period, or state

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a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second

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a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols

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give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of

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creative writing of recognized artistic value

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your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

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produced by a manufacturing process

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an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

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march in a procession

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the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field

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United States architect who was the presidentially appointed architect of Washington D.C. (1781-1855)

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an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man

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(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

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the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge

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not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

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not any; not one

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and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

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used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

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used to join alternatives or possibilities

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exert pressure or force to or upon

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someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university

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prepared and printed for distribution and sale

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1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

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put into a certain place or abstract location

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used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

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Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)

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used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

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in or at that place or location

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judge or regard; look upon; judge

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an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

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a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine

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the body of faculty and students at a university

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being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

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morally excellent

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during the time that

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in the company of; together with

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