used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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personal knowledge or information about someone or something
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plural of “adventure” — a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
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AFRICAnounUS /ˈæfrəkɑː/
the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
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AGENCYnounUS /ˈeɪdʒənsi/
an administrative unit of government
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in the past
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
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showing who or what does the action
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a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
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CENTRALadjectiveUS /ˈsentrəl/
serving as an essential component
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COnounUS /koʊ/
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
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a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
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DELAPINE
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all through a period, or at some point within it
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DUTTON
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a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body
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Edmund
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a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature
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the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
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a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
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a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
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the state of being friends (or friendly)
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Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
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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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intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
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English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784)
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Landolt
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lastingadjectiveUS /ˈlæstɪŋ/
continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place
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LimitedadjectiveUS /ˈlɪmətəd/
small in range or scope
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LINDSAYnounUS /ˈlɪndzi/
United States playwright who collaborated with Russel Crouse on several musicals (1889-1931)
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the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
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the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
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produced by a manufacturing process
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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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information about recent and important events
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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
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someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
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a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
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ripenedadjectiveUS /ˈraɪpənd/
of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (“aged” pronounced as one syllable)
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ROUTLEDGE
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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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plural of “son” — a male human offspring
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in the near future
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SORBONNEnounUS /sɔːrˈbɑːn/
a university in Paris; intellectual center of France
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the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
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the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
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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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the act of going from one place to another
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vacationnounUS /veɪˈkeɪʃən/
leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
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WEIRDadjectiveUS /wɪrd/
suggesting the operation of supernatural influences
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at the time that
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used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
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world-wideadjective
involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope
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a late time of life
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the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
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