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On States Getting More than they Give

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live

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US / lɪv /

UK / liv /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Being broadcast as events happen, not recorded
  • Carrying electric current; able to give a shock
  • Glowing because burning; hot
  • Not yet killed (for food)
  • adverb
  • (Music, drama) as it is performed
  • verb
  • To be alive
  • To experience a particular type of life
  • To make your home in a house or town

less

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US / les /

UK / lɛs /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Smaller in amount or degree
  • adverb
  • To a smaller degree
  • noun
  • A smaller amount
  • preposition
  • With the subtraction of

big

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US / bɪɡ /

UK / bɪɡ /

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  • adjecitve
  • Popular
  • Serious
  • Large

kind

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US / kaɪnd /

UK / kaɪnd /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • In a caring and helpful manner
  • friendly and considerate
  • noun
  • One type of thing

than

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US / ðən /

UK / ðən /

A1
  • conjunction
  • Used to compare two things that are not equal

this

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US / ðɪs /

UK / ðɪs /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Used to indicate something already been discussed
  • Used to indicate something happening around now
  • adverb
  • An indication by a physical motion or gesture
  • A specific amount of
  • determiner
  • Person, thing, or idea near you
  • pronoun
  • Person, thing that has already been discussed

run

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US / rʌn /

UK / rʌn /

A1
  • noun
  • Journey between two places made by ship or car
  • Series of similar things or successes and failures
  • Act of running; exercise of running
  • verb
  • To depart or travel according to a schedule
  • To cause an animal to move in a certain direction
  • (Of an engine) to be operating
  • To start or use a computer program
  • To flow in a certain direction, like a liquid
  • To manage or operate a business
  • To operate or drive something
  • (Of a road) to go from one place to another
  • To move your legs faster than walking

funny

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US / ˈfʌni /

UK / ˈfʌni /

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  • adjecitve
  • Causing laughter; amusing
  • Being different, odd or strange

school

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US / sku:l /

UK / skul /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Being to do with schools and education
  • noun
  • Large group of fish that swim together
  • Education of a child
  • Building where you learn in classes with a teacher
  • A particular belief or idea about something
  • verb
  • To teach or train someone to know or do something

state

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US / steɪt /

UK / stet /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Concerning region within a country
  • noun
  • Region within a country, with its own government
  • Situation or condition something is in
  • verb
  • To say; declare as fact

boo

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US / bu: /

UK / bu /

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  • verb
  • To shout out 'boo', to express your disapproval

one

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US / wʌn /

UK / wʌn /

A1
  • pronoun
  • You; we; people in general; someone
  • The thing or person previously referred to
  • adjecitve
  • Used to refer to people generally
  • Being a strong example of (something mentioned)
  • number
  • Number 1

may

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US / meɪ /

UK / me /

A1
  • noun
  • 5th month of the year
  • other
  • Used to express a desire
  • Expresses permission, possibility or probability
  • Used to show that a thing could be true

across

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US / əˈkrɔs /

UK / əˈkrɔs,əˈkrɑs /

A1
  • adverb
  • Distance from one side to another
  • (Go) from one side to the other of something

you

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US / jʊ /

UK / ju /

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  • pronoun
  • Person someone is speaking or writing to
  • Person or people in general

make

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US / meɪk /

UK / mek /

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  • noun
  • Product made by a particular company; brand
  • verb
  • To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
  • To get to (a place) on time
  • To gain the status of (teacher, lawyer, etc.)
  • To create something by putting things together
  • To earn a certain amount of money at a job
  • To cause or force a person to do something
  • To cause something to happen or be formed

power

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US / 'paʊə(r) /

UK / ˈpaʊɚ /

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  • noun
  • Legal or official right to perform certain actions
  • Ability to move forcefully and quickly
  • Energy of something (e.g. electricity or fuel)
  • Mathematical way to multiply a number
  • Condition of being in political control
  • Physical force, energy, and strength
  • verb
  • To give energy to something, e.g. by electricity
  • To move something forcefully and quickly

the

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US / ðə /

UK / ðə /

A1
  • article
  • Used to refer to something already mentioned
  • Used to show there is only one of something
  • determiner
  • Used to describe all of a family

lead

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US / li:d /

UK / lid /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Being the main part in movies or plays
  • noun
  • Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
  • Information that could help to solve a crime
  • Main part in a play or movie
  • Heavy, gray metal element
  • Rope used to tie something to stop it escaping
  • Act of being at the front in a race or game
  • verb
  • To show the way or guide others
  • To be at the front of a race or game
  • To travel in front of; go in advance of others

dumb

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US / dʌm /

UK / dʌm /

B1
  • adjecitve
  • Senseless; stupid

how

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US / haʊ /

UK / haʊ /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • To what degree? in what amount?
  • adverb
  • (Used to explain the way to do something)
  • exclamation
  • For what purpose or reason?
  • (Used to ask someone or something's condition)

also

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US / 'ɔ:lsəʊ /

UK / ˈɔlso /

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  • adverb
  • In addition; too; in a similar way

person

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US / 'pɜ:sn /

UK / 'pɜ:rsn /

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  • noun
  • Man, woman or child

other

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US / 'ʌðə(r) /

UK / ˈʌðər /

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  • adjecitve
  • A thing different from that mentioned
  • determiner
  • (Something) else; not the first (one)
  • pronoun
  • Being the one and only thing of that category

compromise

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US / 'kɒmprəmaɪz /

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  • noun
  • When you lessen your demands to get agreement
  • verb
  • To weaken your position or views
  • To lessen your demands so as to reach agreement
  • To put something at risk or in danger

oversimplification

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US / ˌəʊvəˌsɪmplɪfɪ'keɪʃn /

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  • noun
  • Description that omits important facts

hypocrite

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US / ˈhɪpəkrɪt /

UK / ˈhɪpəˌkrɪt /

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  • noun
  • One who decries a thing while doing it themselves

business

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US / ˈbɪznəs /

UK / ˈbɪznɪs /

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  • noun
  • A company formed for making profit
  • Matter that has to be dealt with; task; situation
  • Activity of working to make a profit

would

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  • other
  • Used to indicate something imagined
  • Used to ask or request something politely
  • Verb used to indicate possibility, request etc.
  • Used to indicate a preference
  • Used to indicate a reaction
  • Indicates something that occurred repeatedly
  • Used to indicate willingness or ability to do

interested

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US / ˈɪntrəstɪd /

UK / ˈɪntrɪstɪd, -tərɪstɪd, -təˌrɛstɪd /

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  • adjecitve
  • Having had your attention taken; curious
  • verb
  • To make someone want to know about something
  • To persuade to do, become involved with something

our

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US / 'aʊə(r) /

UK / aʊr /

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  • determiner
  • Belonging to us

video

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US / 'vɪdɪəʊ /

UK / ˈvɪdiˌo /

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  • adjecitve
  • Of a moving film, with sound
  • noun
  • Recording capturing action with sound
  • verb
  • To make a moving film of, with sound

but

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US / bət /

UK / bʌt,bət /

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  • conjunction
  • Used before you say something different, opposite

can

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US / kæn /

UK / kən,kæn /

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  • noun
  • A metal container for storing food
  • other
  • Able to; have the skill to; have the time to
  • verb
  • To have permission to
  • To be possible to do
  • To preserve food by sealing it in a metal container

now

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US / naʊ /

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  • adverb
  • At the present time or moment
  • Right away or in the next possible moment
  • Used to refer to something that just happened
  • Time between the present and a moment in the past
  • conjunction
  • Resulting from or because of something

want

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US / wɔnt /

UK / wɑnt, wɔnt /

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  • noun
  • Something you desire or wish for
  • State or condition of poverty
  • verb
  • To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing

not

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US / nɒt /

UK / nɑt /

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  • adverb
  • Word indicating the negative
  • (Used to form the negative of verbs)

internet

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US / ˈɪn.tə.net /

UK / ˋɪntɚ͵nɛt /

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  • noun
  • Worldwide computer network system

chop

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US / tʃɒp /

UK / tʃɑp /

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  • noun
  • A hit with the hand in a sideways motion
  • Thick slice of meat still attached to a bone
  • verb
  • To cut into pieces with an up and down motion
  • To hit someone with your hand

give

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US / ɡɪv /

UK / ɡɪv /

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  • noun
  • Degree of flexibility in something, a material
  • verb
  • To hand over or present something to someone
  • To cause someone to have or experience something

deal

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US / di:l /

UK / dil /

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  • verb
  • To cope with something - usually troubles
  • To give (something bad e.g. news) to
  • To buy and sell illegal drugs
  • To give out (cards, etc.) to; distribute
  • To do business with someone or to sell products

maybe

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US / ˈmeɪbi /

UK / ˈmebi /

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  • adverb
  • Possibly but not certainly; perhaps

ideology

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US / ˌaɪdɪ'ɒlədʒɪ /

UK / ˌaɪdiˈɑlədʒi, ˌɪdi- /

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  • noun
  • Ideas or beliefs which form theory and policy

income

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US / ˈɪnkʌm /

UK / ˈɪnˌkʌm /

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  • noun
  • Earned money from work, investments or business

good

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US / ɡʊd /

UK / ɡʊd /

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  • adjecitve
  • Proper, appropriate or right
  • (Of an amount) enough; plenty
  • Excellent; high quality
  • Acting well or properly; of moral character
  • In a positive or happy emotional state
  • noun
  • Advantage or benefit

same

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US / seɪm /

UK / sem /

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  • adjecitve
  • Being equal in quality and amount
  • Identical; not different
  • Not changing; constant

politic

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US / ˈpɒlətɪk /

UK / ˈpɑlɪtɪk /

B2
  • adjecitve
  • Careful what you say; diplomatic

then

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US / ðen /

UK / ðɛn /

A1
  • adverb
  • A time that is not now
  • Following another thing in time or arrangement
  • Following on reasonably from what was just stated
  • At that time, not now

that

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US / ðæt /

UK / ðæt, ðət /

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  • adjecitve
  • The person or thing being talked about
  • Used to identify something both the speakers know
  • adverb
  • Used to reinforce adjectives and adverbs
  • To such a degree
  • conjunction
  • Used to connect a noun clause
  • Used to introduce an adverbial clause
  • Used to introduce a noun clause
  • determiner
  • Used as a noun to refer to something
  • pronoun
  • Referring an object far away
  • Used to refer to the relative pronoun ‘which’

populous

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US / ˈpɒpjələs /

UK / ˈpɑpjələs /

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  • adjecitve
  • Having a large population

second

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  • adjecitve
  • 2nd; the one following first
  • noun
  • Unit of time; one sixtieth of a minute
  • Short period of time that you wait for someone
  • (Do) soon
  • verb
  • To agree to support a proposal at a meeting

argue

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US / ˈɑ:gju: /

UK / ˈɑ:rgju: /

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  • verb
  • To fight or disagree over something
  • To state your reasons for or against an idea

each

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US / i:tʃ /

UK / itʃ /

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  • determiner
  • Every one of two or more things
  • pronoun
  • Per one person or thing

yeah

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US / jeə /

UK / ˈjɛə, ˈjæə, jɛ- /

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  • exclamation
  • Another way of saying 'yes'

even

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US / 'i:vn /

UK / ˈivən /

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  • adjecitve
  • Being equal in influence, power, possibility etc.
  • Being divided equally or fairly
  • (Of teams/contest) with similar chances of success
  • Smooth, level, or regular
  • Can be divided by 2; ending in 2, 4, 6, 8, or 0
  • At a regular, equally steady manner
  • Remaining steady and unchanging
  • adverb
  • (When this is surprising) as well; too
  • (Used to compare two things/stress the difference)
  • verb
  • To make something level; to flatten
  • To make something equal

particularly

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US / pəˈtikjuləli /

UK / pɚˈtɪkjələli, pəˈtɪk- /

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  • adverb
  • Specially; more than others

terrible

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US / ˈterəbl /

UK / ˈtɛrəbəl /

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  • adjecitve
  • Very bad; horrible

about

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US / ə'baʊt /

UK / əˈbaʊt /

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  • adverb
  • To be ready to; going to
  • Nearly; approximately; roughly
  • Near; next to; close to
  • In every direction; in the area of
  • preposition
  • Concerning or of (a topic)

hard

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US / hɑ:d /

UK / hɑː(r)d /

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  • adjecitve
  • Difficult to do; difficult to understand
  • (Of facts) not able to be misunderstood; clear
  • (Of alcohol) strong
  • Involving or requiring lots of work, effort, care
  • Being full of pain, trouble, and problems
  • Strong
  • (Of edge) clear; sharp
  • Difficult to bend, break or cut; solid
  • adverb
  • With lots of force, power, or impact

senate

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US / 'senət /

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  • noun
  • A board of governors at a college or university

get

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  • verb
  • To become affected by illness or disease
  • To begin to feel or understand an emotion or idea
  • To send or bring someone or something home, etc.
  • To go somewhere to obtain something
  • To (cause to) do a particular thing
  • To obtain, receive or be given something
  • To currently have
  • To prepare for use
  • To understand something being said or read

right

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US / raɪt /

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  • adjecitve
  • Correct or true
  • The south side of you looking at the rising sun
  • adverb
  • Exactly in a place or time
  • Being appropriate for a particular event
  • In a straight or direct manner
  • noun
  • Something you are legally or morally allowed to do
  • Ideal of what is just and good
  • Political view based on conservatism
  • verb
  • To fix something previously wrong or unjust
  • To make upright, as a boat that has turned over

people

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US / 'pi:pl /

UK / ˈpipəl /

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  • noun
  • Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
  • Men, Women, Children

during

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US / ˈdjʊərɪŋ /

UK / ˈdʊrɪŋ, ˈdjʊr- /

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  • preposition
  • At some point in the course of an event or thing

great

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US / ɡreɪt /

UK / ɡret /

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  • adjecitve
  • Very large in size
  • Very important
  • Very good; fantastic; wonderful
  • adverb
  • Very good; better than before
  • noun
  • Successful and well-admired person

house

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US / haʊs /

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  • noun
  • Place where a specific activity or business occurs
  • Building in which a family, person lives
  • verb
  • To give someone a place to live
  • To contain or store something

like

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US / laɪk /

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  • adjecitve
  • Being equal in status or kind to something else
  • Similar; the same
  • adverb
  • For example
  • preposition
  • Used as a filler; used to ad emphasis
  • In a way similar to the way something is done
  • Such as; for example
  • verb
  • To want to
  • To find something pleasing; to prefer something

capita

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US / 'keɪpətə /

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  • noun
  • If you express an amount per capita, you mean that amount for each person.

tend

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US / tend /

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  • verb
  • To move or act in a certain manner
  • To take care of
  • To regularly behave in a certain way

number

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  • noun
  • Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
  • Particular song or dance performed during a show
  • Total quantity or amount of things
  • verb
  • To put numbers on things
  • To assign a sequence within a group, series, set
  • To claim to be part of a larger group, series, set

find

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US / faɪnd /

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  • noun
  • Object discovered by chance
  • Things that have been discovered from searching
  • verb
  • To become aware of something that is happening
  • To discover or meet by chance
  • To decide if someone is guilty of a crime, or not
  • To learn through study, research, or effort
  • To discover something by looking for it

annoying

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US / əˈnɔɪɪŋ /

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  • adjecitve
  • A little angry; upset
  • verb
  • To make someone angry

demographically

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US / ˌdeməˈɡræfɪkli /

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  • adverb
  • In a way characterizing human populations

have

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US / həv /

UK / hæv /

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  • verb
  • To drink, smoke, eat or use something
  • To experience the effects of something
  • To organize an event, or join in an activity
  • To own, possess, or hold something
  • To cause to happen or produce a particular effect

away

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US / ə'weɪ /

UK / əˈwe /

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  • adjecitve
  • Not present
  • adverb
  • Disappear completely
  • Doing something with a lot of energy
  • Not here; far from here; in a different direction
  • To a different area, location

part

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US / pɑ:t /

UK / pɑ:rt /

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  • adjecitve
  • To some degree; half; not fully
  • noun
  • Division of a book
  • Ratio of something, e.g. 3 of gin, 1 of tonic
  • A line in a person's hair, made with a comb
  • Character an actor plays on stage, movie, or TV
  • Some, but not all of a specific thing
  • Role in causing something to happen
  • verb
  • To make a line in a person's hair, by using a comb
  • To move two things apart creating a space
  • To leave someone, or to break off a relationship

with

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US / wɪð /

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  • preposition
  • As an employee of a certain company
  • Against something or someone
  • By using something as a means
  • Due to; because of
  • Including
  • Possessing as a feature
  • Related to
  • (Of the manner/attitude by which you do something)
  • Used to express that people or things are together

see

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US / si: /

UK / si /

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  • verb
  • To go on a date with someone
  • To predict whether something is, or will be true
  • To understand what someone says
  • To use your eyes to look at something
  • To visit a place often for sightseeing or pleasure
  • To visit or meet with someone
  • To find out by waiting or looking
  • To watch (a game, movie or TV show)

remember

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US / rɪ'membə(r) /

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  • verb
  • To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
  • To hold a thought in your mind to not forget it
  • To bring a previous image or idea to your mind

subsidize

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US / ˈsʌbsɪdaɪz /

UK / 'sʌbsɪdaɪz /

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  • verb
  • To aid, assist, or help pay a cost or price

know

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US / nəʊ /

UK / noʊ /

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  • verb
  • To be familiar with a person or place, thing
  • To feel sure or be convinced about something
  • To discover or be aware of something
  • To be able to distinguish
  • To have knowledge of things

government

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US / ˈgʌvənmənt /

UK / ˈɡʌvənmənt /

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  • noun
  • Group of people and system that rule a nation

upon

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US / əˈpɔn, əpən /

UK / əˈpɑn, əˈpɔn /

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  • preposition
  • More formal term for 'on'

exist

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US / ɪɡ'zɪst /

UK / ɪɡˈzɪst /

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  • verb
  • To be present, alive or real

hear

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US / hɪə(r) /

UK / hɪr /

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  • verb
  • To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
  • To be told or find out information or facts
  • To consider or listen to a court case

federal

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US / 'fedərəl /

UK / ˈfɛdərəl, ˈfɛdrəl /

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  • adjecitve
  • Consisting of several united states

often

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US / ˈɔfən /

UK / ˈɔfən,ˈɑfən,ˈɔftən,ˈɑf- /

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  • adverb
  • Many times; frequently; on many occasions

last

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US / lɑ:st /

UK / læst /

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  • adjecitve
  • Most recent; the latest
  • The one before
  • adverb
  • Final; with nothing following; after all others
  • Most recent; the latest
  • determiner
  • The one at the end
  • verb
  • To remain or continue for a certain period of time

very

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US / 'verɪ /

UK / ˈvɛri /

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  • adjecitve
  • Concerning a large degree or amount
  • adverb
  • A lot; much; many
  • Used to stress or emphasize a noun

several

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US / ˈsevrəl /

UK / ˈsɛvərəl,ˈsɛvrəl /

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  • adjecitve
  • Many of
  • pronoun
  • More than two but not a large amount

way

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  • adverb
  • Used to emphasize the amount of something
  • noun
  • Particular aspect of something being thought about
  • One of various choices that could be made
  • Particular existing condition or state
  • (Often long) distance or length of time
  • How something is done
  • Route to go to a place
  • Small street
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  • Being the color of blood

agree

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  • To have the same opinion as someone else

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  • The United States of America; North America and/or South America

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  • A basic unit of money equal to 100 cent

yes

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  • adverb
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  • Your physical shape; physique
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  • To establish e.g. a reputation, over time
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their

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  • noun
  • A promise to repair a broken product
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  • verb
  • To promise to repair a broken product
  • To promise that something will happen or be done
  • To promise to pay if another person fails to do so

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  • Every person; everybody

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  • To tell someone you are grateful to them

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  • Money you receive from your job, work, etc.
  • verb
  • To give money for goods or work done
  • To give (attention, respect, etc.) to
  • To be punished or suffer for something you did
  • To make (a visit) to a person or place

hank

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  • A coil of rope or wool or yarn

regardless

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  • Without being affected or concerned by something

take

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  • noun
  • Filming of a single scene for TV or the movies
  • verb
  • To accept something that is offered
  • To use a method of traveling, e.g. a bus or train
  • To use a camera to make (a photo)
  • To pick up something and go away with it
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  • Completely; totally
  • determiner
  • Being every one of something
  • pronoun
  • 100% of something; the complete amount

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  • An area of land that is controlled by a government
  • Open land that is away from towns and cities

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  • Depicting objects, figures, or scenes as seen
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  • Act or action of representing something

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  • False display of love, emotion or action
  • An event for displaying or promoting goods
  • Play, opera or theater production
  • Presentation that is broadcast on TV or radio
  • verb
  • To be easily seen or displayed
  • To display your emotions or feelings
  • To let someone see something; display
  • To explain or teach how something is done
  • To lead someone somewhere; point them to something
  • To prove something to be true, correct
  • To reveal or allow something to be seen

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  • Otherwise; if you fail to
  • (Of person place thing etc.) besides; in addition

try

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  • noun
  • Act of putting the ball over the rugby goal line
  • verb
  • To make an effort, to attempt to do something
  • To examine someone or something in a court of law
  • To test to see if it is good or you like it
  • To make a person go through hardship; test
  • To examine something to see if it works

million

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  • number
  • 1,000,000

true

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  • Agreeing with the facts; not false; real or actual

tax

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  • Money taken by a government from its people
  • verb
  • To require a lot of physical or mental effort
  • (Government) to take money from a country's people

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  • Amount of measured space
  • A specific section or space; part of a region
  • A subject or field of study

ever

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  • adverb
  • At any time; at all times in the future

many

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  • determiner
  • Used to refer a large number of things

point

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  • noun
  • An item to be discussed
  • Small spot or dot
  • Fact or detail
  • Feature of something
  • The size of the text on a page or screen
  • A certain time or stage in a process
  • Certain position in time or space
  • Idea or fact you try to convince people about
  • Measurement of scores in a game, sport
  • Sharp end of something, e.g. a pen or pin
  • verb
  • To face a certain direction, e.g. north
  • To indicate something with your finger to others

should

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  • Used to indicate what is proper or reasonable

remake

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  • To arrange or prepare something again
  • Make anew; to reform

shareholder

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  • Someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation

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  • adjecitve
  • Little in size; not big
  • (Of letters) not written in capital letters
  • Being insignificant or minor
  • (Of a business) with few people or things; local
  • (Of voice) being soft and quiet
  • (Of a child) being young

unless

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  • Negative of 'if'

actually

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  • adverb
  • Used to add new (often different) information

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  • Group or class of similar things or people
  • verb
  • To organize things by putting them into groups
  • To deal with things in an organized way

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  • Number of people who live in a country, area etc.

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  • Ability to think about facts and form a judgment
  • Explanation for why something occurred or was done
  • verb
  • To think and make conclusions in a logical manner

much

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  • adjecitve
  • Very; to a high level or degree
  • adverb
  • A lot; large amount; a high degree of
  • Nearly; basically
  • On many occasions; often
  • noun
  • A large amount; a great quantity

benefit

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  • Good result or effect, something advantageous
  • verb
  • To have a good effect or be helpful

well

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  • adjecitve
  • Being in a fortunate, good condition or state
  • Healthy and in good condition
  • adverb
  • In an acceptable, proper, or successful manner
  • In a complete, total, or full manner
  • A great and considerable degree
  • In a successful way, in a good or satisfactory way
  • exclamation
  • Used to begin or continue a particular statement
  • Used to show you want to start saying something
  • Used to express that you are waiting for a reply
  • You say this to change the topic of a conversation
  • Used to indicate you are making a final remark
  • noun
  • Long deep hole in the ground to get water
  • verb
  • To cause your eyes to fill with tears

just

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  • adjecitve
  • Proper or appropriate; as is deserved
  • Doing or being what is right or fair
  • Legally correct; having enough evidence
  • adverb
  • Almost; nearly
  • Exactly at the time of
  • Exactly (the same as, like)

senator

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  • An elected politician belonging to the senate

though

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  • adverb
  • Although, despite the fact that

system

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US / 'sɪstəm /

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  • adjecitve
  • Working in an organized, logical way
  • noun
  • Set of organized, planned ideas that work together

necessarily

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  • adverb
  • In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable

those

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  • determiner
  • The people or things we are talking about
  • pronoun
  • The objects far from the speaker

vast

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  • adjecitve
  • Being very large in size or amount

situation

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  • Place, position or area that something is in
  • Circumstance or condition surrounding an event
  • An unexpected problem or difficulty

hello

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  • exclamation
  • What you say when you meet someone

treasury

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  • noun
  • Government office concerned with finance

few

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  • pronoun
  • Not many, a small number

montana

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  • other
  • A state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border

for

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  • preposition
  • Used to show the purpose, or need of something

nation

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  • Area or region controlled by a government and army

fan

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  • noun
  • Thing you wave in front of your face to stay cool
  • Someone who admires a famous person, sport etc.
  • verb
  • To blow air upon a fire to make it stronger
  • To use a device to cool yourself, something

why

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  • adverb
  • Question word to ask for a reason
  • exclamation
  • (Used to express surprise or approval)

per

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  • preposition
  • In the manner directed or suggested
  • For each; during each

amount

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  • noun
  • Quantity of something
  • verb
  • To add up to a certain figure

california

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UK / ˌkælɪ'fɔ:rnjəˌ -'fɔ:rni:ə /

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  • A state in the western United States on the Pacific; the rd largest state; known for earthquakes

out

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  • adverb
  • No longer stylish (e.g. fashion)
  • Away from home, business, or the usual place
  • In a direction/movement away from inside or center
  • noun
  • Act when a batter cannot continue playing
  • verb
  • To tell people a secret

think

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  • To have an idea about something without certainty
  • To have an idea, opinion or belief about something

large

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  • Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, or fat

hopefully

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  • adverb
  • In a manner wishing something to happen

base

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  • noun
  • Place military personnel live, train, and operate
  • Bottom part of an object that touches a surface
  • Unit of counting, e.g. 10 for counting
  • Most important idea or ingredient to add others
  • Origin or start from which something came
  • Main place where an organization or a person works
  • verb
  • To use as the starting point or origin for
  • To have as the main location for (company, etc.)

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  • Something with a chance of happening or being true

two

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  • number
  • 2

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  • Starting at a particular place, time or level

mostly

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  • adverb
  • In large part; mainly or chiefly

forever

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  • adverb
  • For all future time; in the future

where

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  • conjunction
  • At or in the place which
  • In whatever place
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  • Word you use to ask the location of something

most

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  • adverb
  • Very; extremely
  • Greatest possible degree
  • pronoun
  • Nearly all of something

certainly

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  • Sure; of course

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  • When you wish something will happen; what you wish
  • verb
  • To expect and want something to happen

money

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  • noun
  • Coins or notes we use to pay for things

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  • adjecitve
  • Inferior; below the normal standard
  • Deserving of pity or sympathy
  • Without money; not rich

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  • Written criticism made in a funny way
  • Exposing the negative qualities through humor

something

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  • adverb
  • In some degree or measure
  • noun
  • a person or thing of some value or consequence
  • pronoun
  • Thing that is not yet known or named
  • Approximately

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  • What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • A group of people seen together
  • Item for sale at an auction
  • Small area of land used for a purpose e.g. parking

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  • Used to refer to two or more things
  • Plus; in addition; on top of that
  • Used to introduce an action that follows another
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  • Hello, this is Hank, and this video is going to be about politics, so if you don't want to hear about that, American politics, actually, so even if you're interested in politics but not American, you can go away now.
  • But this video is mostly about something that I've been seeing and has been annoying me.
  • So there's this video on the Daily Show.
  • It was very funny, sort of a satire thing about if America was run like a business, which states would be chopped because they don't give as much as they get from the federal treasury.
  • And that's very funny, and it's true, America shouldn't be run like a business, and it makes that point very well because businesses are run for the benefit of a few shareholders and America is run for the benefit of Americans,
  • But hopefully, hopefully for the benefit of all Americans.
  • So, yes, that's true.
  • But I'm not a big fan of sort of how this has been taken by some people, sort of saying, well, like, red states boo, why do they all take more than they get even though they say they don't want as much government,
  • They're all hypocrites, and that's kind of a vast oversimplification of the situation because there are several reasons why red states take more than they give in.
  • One, the sort of most important one is that red states tend to be poorer and so they pay less income tax because they don't get as much money in income, and so they pay less money in income tax.
  • So, yes, they get the same amount of services and they pay less, and if we're thinking that we should pay, we should give people more services if they pay more in tax, then that would be a terrible, terrible way to run a country,
  • And the same goes for states.
  • We shouldn't base how many services we provide to the people of a state on how much that state gives the federal treasury.
  • Like, everyone agrees with that, and to try and, like, not recognize that that's part of this is sort of annoying to me.
  • Second, red states often give less because they are often, or get more because they are often larger with smaller populations, and it is harder to provide services for populations that are spread across a larger area.
  • It's harder to provide schools.
  • It's more expensive.
  • It's not harder, necessarily, but it's more expensive to provide schools, to provide internet.
  • Like, these are guaranteed services of the federal government that are subsidized by the federal government, and it's harder to provide those guaranteed services.
  • It's more expensive for populations that are spread out a lot.
  • So yes, they, per person, get more money from the federal government, and the last reason why they, why red states, demographically, tend to get more money than other states, per capita, from the federal government,
  • Is because of the Great Compromise!
  • If you remember this from school, during the founding of our great nation, we were like, the less populous states were like, we should base representation upon how many, upon just being a state.
  • Every state should get the same amount, and the more populous states were like, no, we should base it upon the population of the state, and so there was argument, and it was maybe not going to, it was maybe going to lead to this not being a country at all,
  • Ever, and so we had the Compromise, where we have a House, where the representation is based on the population, and a Senate, where the representation is based just on the state, just, each state gets two.
  • And so, forever, unless we remake America, the, like, states with smaller populations are going to have more power per capita, states with smaller populations tend to be red states, and so they are going to get more out of the government,
  • Because they are, they have more representation per person.
  • And I don't think that that's a particularly good system.
  • I don't think that it's good for Montana, where I live, to have the same number of Senators as California, where, you know, 50 million people or something ridiculous live.
  • I don't know how many people live in California.
  • But there's less than a million in Montana, and we have the same number, and that just doesn't seem right to me.
  • But, you know, it's how we built our country, and it's how we got, we sort of got around, you know, the possibility that this country wasn't going to exist at all.
  • So, we have to deal with these things.
  • And so those are the reasons, and there may be more, why, yeah, but the big one to me is, like, yeah, we're not basing the amount that we, the number of services we provide for people on the number of dollars that they give the government.
  • And everyone agrees, I hope, certainly Democrats agree, that we shouldn't be doing that.
  • So, yes, it is dumb to argue that America should be run like a business, but it is also dumb to argue that Republicans, that red states shouldn't get as much money because they're Republicans.
  • They should get the same services as everyone else, regardless of their ideology, and regardless of how much money they give to the federal treasury.
  • Thank you, and that is all.