| during
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| at some time in.
| I fell asleep during the movie.
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| the time of evening when it starts to get dark.
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| dust
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| tiny pieces of dirt that float in the air and settle on surfaces.
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| duty
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| things that you ought to do or feel you should do.
| It is the guard’s duty to make sure the doors are locked.
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| dvd
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| a plastic disc that contains digital recordings of sounds and images.
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| dye
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| to change the color of something by soaking it in colored liquids.
| These balls of yarn have been dyed different colors.
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| dynamite
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| a powerful substance that explodes when it is burned.
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| dynasty
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| a series of rulers from the same family.
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| dyslexia
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| a learning difficulty that can affect reading, writing, or spelling.
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| each
| adjective
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| every single one.
| They each received a present.
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| eager
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| wanting to do or have something very much.
| The riders were eager to start the race.
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| eagle
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| a large bird of prey that lives in mountainous areas.
| Eagles eat animals and birds and have good eyesight for spotting prey a long way off.
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| ear
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| the part of your body that you hear with.
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| early
| adverb
| v1
| near the beginning.
| The hero dies early in the film.
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| earn
| verb
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| to get something because you have worked for it or deserve it.
| They earned some extra money by washing cars.
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| earring
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| a piece of jewelry that can be attached to, or hung from, the earlobe
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| Earth
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| the planet that we live on.
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| earth
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| the surface of the land or ground.
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| earthquake
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| a violent shaking of the ground, because of movement from within the Earth.
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| east
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| one of the four main compass directions.
| East is the direction in which the Sun rises.
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| easy
| adjective
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| simple, not difficult.
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| eat
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| to take in food through your mouth.
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| echo
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| a sound that bounces off a surface and repeats itself.
| My voice echoed in the cave.
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| eclipse
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| a time when the Moon comes between the Earth and the Sun, hiding the Sun’s light.
| An eclipse of the Sun.
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| ecology
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| the study of how animals, plants, and humans affect one another and how they live in their environment.
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| edge
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| the border of something.
| Flowers lined the path’s edge.
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| edible
| adjective
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| safe to eat.
| Are these mushrooms edible?
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| educate
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| to teach someone so that they learn and understand things.
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| eel
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| a long, thin fish that lives in rivers and the sea.
| Eels eat tiny sea plants, animals called plankton and other fish.
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| effect
| noun
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| the result of an action or event on another person or thing.
| Seeing the crash on the news had a bad effect on me.
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