flow
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| to move along steadily.
| A steady flow of traffic.
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flower
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| the part of a plant that contains the seeds. Flowers often have colorful petals
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flu
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| an infectious illness, caused by a virus, that often affects the nose and throat.
| Flu is short for “influenza.”
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fluff
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| soft fibers or threads from a material.
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fluid
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| a substance that flows. Gases and liquids are fluids.
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fluorescent
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| giving off light.
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flush
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| to become red in the face.
| She flushed with anger when her friend shouted at her.
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flute
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| a wind instrument made of wood or metal. You play it by covering holes with your fingers or special pads and blowing across a hole at one end.
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flutter
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| to move or flap quickly.
| The butterflies fluttered around the bush.
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fly
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| a flying insect with two wings and six legs. Most flies feed on rotting plants and animals. There are many different kinds of fly.
| bluebottle fly
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fly
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| to travel through the air.
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foal
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| a young horse.
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foam
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| lots of very small air bubbles. Foam can be liquid or solid.
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focus
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| to adjust something to make a clearer and sharper image.
| He focused his camera on the flower.
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fog
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| a thick cloud of tiny water droplets and dust that hangs in the air, close to the ground.
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fold
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| to bend one part of something over another.
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follow
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| to go behind or after someone or something.
| The dog followed him all the way home.
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food
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| all the things that humans and animals eat to help them live and grow.
| Pasta is an Italian food.
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foolish
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| not sensible.
| He was foolish to walk under the ladder.
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foot
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| the part of your body that you stand on.
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football
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| a game for two teams of 11 players. Points are scored by carrying the ball over the other team’s goal line, or kicking it through the other team’s goalposts.
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footprint
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| the mark left by a foot or shoe.
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footstep
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| the sound of someone walking.
| I heard footsteps behind me.
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forbid
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| to tell a person that they must not do something.
| I forbid you to drive.
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force
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| to make a person do something.
| I was forced to make a choice.
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force
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| a power.
| The force of the wind blew her hat off.
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forearm
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| the part of your arm between your elbow and your wrist.
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forecast
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| to predict that something will happen in the future.
| Forecasting the weather.
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forehead
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| the part of your face above your eyes and below your hair.
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foreign
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| belonging to another country.
| Foreign languages.
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