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| abandon |
If you abandon a goal, a dream, or an activity, you give it up. You stop doing it or trying to achieve it. [1/3 definitions] |
| actually |
"Actually" means "really." If you actually catch a very big fish, you really catch it. It is not just a story or a dream. [1/2 definitions] |
| clause |
A clause is something in grammar. A clause is a group of words that has a subject and a verb that goes with it. A clause can be a whole sentence, or it can be one part of a sentence. Some sentences have many clauses. In the sentence "I had a bad dream because my brother told me something scary," there are two clauses connected by the word "because." "I had a bad dream" is the first clause, and "my brother told me something scary" is the second clause. The subject in the first clause is "I," and the verb is "had." The subject in the second clause is "my brother," and the verb is "told." |
| daydream |
something similar to a dream but one that occurs when one is awake. A daydream comes from the imagination and often contains pleasant thoughts and fantasies. [1/2 definitions] |
| dream |
to have a dream or vision during sleep. [1/6 definitions] |
| dreamt |
a past tense and past participle of "dream." |
| during |
When something happens during a period of time, it happens at some time or at different times inside that time period. If the mail truck comes to your house during the afternoon, it comes at some time in the afternoon. If you have a dream during your sleep, you have a dream at some point while you are sleeping. [1/2 definitions] |
| frightening |
If something is frightening, it makes you afraid. It is scary. A very bad dream is a frightening thing. |
| fulfill |
If someone fulfills their dream of becoming a rock star, they make that dream come true. They actually become a rock star by doing the necessary things for that to happen. [1/3 definitions] |
| nightmare |
a frightening dream. [2 definitions] |
| toss |
When you toss in bed, you move from side to side a lot. People sometimes toss in bed because they can't sleep or because they are having a bad dream. [1/7 definitions] |
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