| service
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| the act of serving
| Good restaurant service.
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| set
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| a group of things that belong together.
| A toy construction set.
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| set
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| to put in position or arrange something.
| She set the vase on the table
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| settle
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| to calm down or stop moving.
| The dog settled down to sleep.
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| several
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| a number, usually three or more, but not many more.
| Several people waved as they walked past.
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| severe
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| extremely bad.
| A severe accident.
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| sew
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| to join something together using a needle and thread.
| Sewing on a shirt button.
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| sewer
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| a large, underground pipe or channel that takes dirty water and waste matter away.
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| sex
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| one of two groups, male or female, that people, animals, and plants are divided into.
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| shade
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| a cool place where the Sun’s direct light doesn’t reach.
| She sat in the shade to read.
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| shadow
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| a dark shape made by something that is blocking the light.
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| shake
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| to move something rapidly up and down, or from side to side.
| Shaking hands
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| shall
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| a word used to show that something will happen in the future.
| I shall go shopping later.
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| shallow
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| not deep.
| They played in shallow water.
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| shame
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| a sad thing that happens.
| It’s a shame you can’t come.
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| shampoo
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| a soapy liquid that is used for washing hair.
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| shape
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| the outline or form of an object.
| Everything has a shape. Some shapes are two-dimensional, because they have width and length, but no height. Some shapes are three-dimensional, because they have width, length, and height.
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| share
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| to have or use together.
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| shark
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| a large fish with rows of sharp teeth that lives in both cold and warm oceans.
| Sharks eat fish or small water animals and are able to detect smells and sounds at great distances.
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| sharp
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| with a thin edge or a fine point that may be used for cutting things.
| Careful—that knife is sharp!
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| shatter
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| to break into many pieces.
| When she sang the top notes, the glass shattered.
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| shave
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| to remove hair from the skin with a razor.
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| shawl
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| a large piece of cloth worn over the shoulders.
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| shear
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| to cut off wool or fur.
| We shear sheep for their wool.
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| shed
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| a small building for storing things such as garden tools.
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| shed
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| to drop, lose, or separate from something.
| Snakes shed their skins.
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| sheep
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| a farm animal reared for its wool and meat.
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| sheer
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| very steep.
| It was a sheer drop.
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| sheet
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| a large, thin, flat piece of cloth, paper, plastic, or metal.
| A sheet of steel.
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| shelf
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| a horizontal piece of wood or metal for storing things on.
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