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Shows that something belongs to the speaker and at least one other person.
Used to show that something belongs to the speaker and at least one other person.
Used to refer back to the speaker and others as the object of a verb, or for emphasis.
Away from the inside of a place, or no longer switched on.
Moving away from the inside of a place, or made from a material, or lacking something.
The final result of an action, event, or process.
Located, happening, or used outside a building.
In or into the open air, outside a building.
On the outside, or further from the center.
A summary of the main points of something, or a line showing the shape of an object.
A small settlement or military post established far from the main base, often in a remote area.
The amount of something produced, or the information a computer or machine produces.
Not inside, in the open air or beyond the edge of something.
Extremely good, or, in a different sense, not yet paid or finished.
To become greater or better than something, or to move faster than it.
A rounded shape like an egg or a flattened circle.
An enclosed box, usually part of a kitchen, that uses heat to cook or bake food.
Above something, or covering it from above.
Including or considering everything; total.
Considering everything; in general.
Covering or influencing everything else within a particular situation, the single most important or general point.
To succeed in dealing with a serious problem or a difficult feeling.
Catching fish faster than fish populations can naturally replace themselves, leading to a decline in numbers.
Covered with plants that have grown too thickly because of neglect.
To examine something thoroughly and make significant changes or repairs to improve it.
Traveling across land rather than by sea or air.
During the night, or happening very quickly, almost from one day to the next.
In or to a foreign country, across the sea.
To make something seem less important or impressive by comparison.
To remove a government or leader from power by force.
In a state of nervous excitement or anxiety, or excessively elaborate.
To be required to pay or repay money to someone, or to feel gratitude toward someone.
A bird with large eyes that hunts at night and is known for its silent flight.
Belonging to a particular person and not to anyone else.
A person who owns something.
The state of legally owning something.
A curved lake formed when a looping river bend is cut off from the main channel.
A chemical reaction in which a substance combines with oxygen, often causing it to lose electrons.
A number assigned to an atom in a compound that represents how many electrons it has effectively gained or lost compared with its neutral state.
A number that represents how many electrons an atom has gained, lost, or shared compared to its neutral form.
A substance that causes another substance to lose electrons during a chemical reaction, while it is itself reduced.
A gas in the air that people, animals, and plants need to live.
A phrase that combines two contradictory words for effect, such as 'deafening silence'.
A gas made of three oxygen atoms that forms a protective layer high in the atmosphere but is also a harmful pollutant closer to the ground.
The gradual thinning of the layer of ozone gas in the upper atmosphere that protects the earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation.
A layer of the earth's atmosphere containing a high concentration of ozone that absorbs most of the sun's harmful ultraviolet radiation.
Used after a time to show it falls between noon and midnight.
The speed at which someone or something moves or happens.