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anything |
If you like doing anything with your friends, it means that you like whatever you do with your friends. It doesn't matter which thing you do--you're always happy. If your brother will eat anything, it means he doesn't care what he eats. Maybe he will even eat bugs! [1/3 definitions] |
century |
one of the hundred-year periods into which human history is divided. Centuries are usually counted forward or backward from the beginning of the Christian era. [1/2 definitions] |
derby |
a horse race run every year and limited to three-year-old horses. [1/2 definitions] |
do1 |
When you do something--like when you do the dishes or do the laundry--you work at these things until you have reached some goal with them. When you do the dishes, you wash them until they are all clean. [1/9 definitions] |
old |
We use "old" to tell the age of a person or thing. For example, if you have a six-year-old brother, it means you have a brother who was born six years ago. If your house is ten years old, it means it was new ten years ago. [1/5 definitions] |
yo-yo |
a toy made of two thick wooden or plastic disks connected by a peg around which a string is tied. One plays with a yo-yo by holding the end of the string and moving the hand to cause the disk unit to roll up and down the string. |
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