| swing
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| to move backward and forward, usually while hanging from a support.
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| swirl
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| to move with a twisting or circular motion.
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| switch
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| a lever or button used to turn equipment or a machine on and off.
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| swivel
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| to turn around on a central point.
| Swiveling around on a chair.
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| swoop
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| to move downward through the air in a curving movement.
| The stunt plane swooped down out of the sky.
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| sword
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| a weapon with a long blade and a handle.
| 18th-century sword
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| swore
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| to swear
| She swore she was telling the truth.
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| syllable
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| a word or part of a word made up of a single sound. The word “once” has one syllable and the word “single” has two.
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| symbol
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| a sign or object that reminds you of something else, or represents something else.
| A dove is a symbol of peace.
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| symmetrical
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| having two halves that match each other.
| This cut-out shape is symmetrical through its middle
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| sympathy
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| a caring feeling shown by someone for someone else.
| When you’re hurt, it’s nice to get sympathy.
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| symptom
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| a sign that shows you have a particular illness or disease.
| One of the symptoms of measles is red spots.
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| synagogue
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| a building where Jews go to worship.
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| synthetic
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| made with artificial materials, not natural ones.
| This frog is made from synthetic fur.
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| syringe
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| a tube with a nozzle or hollow needle attached that is used for sucking up and squirting out liquid.
| Doctors use syringes to give injections.
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| syrup
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| a sweet, sticky liquid food, often made from sugar.
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| system
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| a group of things that work together in an organized way.
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| table
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| a piece of furniture with a flat surface and legs underneath to support it.
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| tablet
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| a small, hard piece of medicine.
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| tackle
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| to try to solve something.
| They had to tackle some difficult math problems.
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| tactful
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| trying to avoid hurting someone’s feelings.
| She was very tactful when talking about his new haircut.
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| tactics
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| methods used to make something happen.
| The team’s tactics helped to win the game.
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| tadpole
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| a young frog or toad. Tadpoles live in water. As they grow their tails get smaller and they grow legs.
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| tail
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| the part that sticks out beyond the back end of an animal’s body
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| tailor
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| a person who makes or mends clothes.
| Tailors usually make clothes to fit a particular person.
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| take
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| to get hold of or carry.
| She took her coat off the rack.
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| tale
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| a story about things that may not be true.
| A fairy tale.
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| talent
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| a special natural skill or ability.
| She showed a talent for dancing at an early age.
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| talk
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| to say words, or to speak.
| He talked to his sister on the telephone for an hour.
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| talkative
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| talking a lot.
| Our parrot is very talkative.
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