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Definition of money, suppress, involve, difficult, request, person, compare, laugh, father, mate

 
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Definition of money (noun)
pieces of metal or paper used to pay for things

Examples
I want more money because I have to work overtime so often.

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Definition of suppress (verb)
to put down or to keep down by force; to prevent information from being known publicly

Examples
In a study of 192 couples, 75% of the men who died from cancer had spouses who suppressed their anger.

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Definition of involve (verb)
to take part in; to become a part of; to include

Examples
There were a lot of prominent politicians involved in the tax fraud affair.

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Definition of difficult (adjective)
not easy; hard to do, make or carry out

Examples
A difficult task is also called a tall order.

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Definition of request (noun)
the act of asking for

Examples
We recently have received a lot of requests from international companies.

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Definition of person (noun)
a man, woman or child

Examples
If you want to get a higher salary you should talk to your boss in person.

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Definition of compare (verb)
to examine what is different or similar

Examples
It's difficult to compare these two teams.

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Definition of laugh (verb)
to make sounds to express pleasure or happy feelings

Examples
I laugh very often.

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Definition of father (noun)
the male parent; a man who has a child or children

Examples
My father is older than my mother.

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Definition of mate (verb)
to bring together a male and a female to create another creature

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"If they mated" is a popular segment of Late Night with Conan O'Brien.

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