close
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| to shut something.
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close
| adjective
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| near to something.
| Close to the house.
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clot
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| a soft lump in a liquid.
| A blood clot.
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cloth
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| woven material that is used to make clothes and other things.
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clothes
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| the things that we wear.
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cloud
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| a mass of tiny drops of water, or pieces of ice, floating high in the air. The water falls as rain, and the ice falls as hail or snow.
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clown
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| a circus performer who wears funny clothes and makes people laugh.
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club
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| a group of people who meet together for a purpose, and the place where they meet.
| A drama club.
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clue
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| a piece of information that helps to solve a mystery.
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clumsy
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| moving awkwardly, or without skill.
| The big shoes made her walk in a clumsy way.
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coach
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| a bus or railroad car.
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coach
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| to teach somebody how to do something.
| She coaches the hockey team every Saturday.
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coal
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| a hard, brittle, brown or black rock that is burned as a fuel.
| Coal is made from fossilized plants that died millions of years ago.
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coast
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| the seashore.
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coat
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| an item of clothing you wear over your clothes to keep warm outside.
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cobra
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| a large, poisonous snake that lives in hot regions.
| Cobras can flatten the bones of their necks into a hood shape when threatened. They kill their prey with a bite that paralyzes them.
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cobweb
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| a very fine, sticky net made by spiders to trap flies.
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cockatoo
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| a parrot with head feathers that it can lift up or flatten.
| Cockatoos eat fruit, nuts, and plant roots.
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cockpit
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| the place where a pilot sits in an airplane.
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cocoa
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| a powder made from cocoa beans, the dried seeds of the cacao tree.
| Cocoa is used to make chocolate and as a flavor in food and drink.
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coconut
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| the fruit of the coconut palm tree. The hard, outer shell has a layer of sweet, white, edible flesh inside and contains a thin liquid known as coconut milk.
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cod
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| a large sea fish that lives in shoals close to the ocean floor.
| Cod use their sharp teeth to eat smaller fish, shellfish, and worms.
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code
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| a set of rules.
| The safety code.
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coffee
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| a drink made from the roasted and crushed seeds of the coffee plant. When roasted, the seeds are called beans.
| roasted coffee beans
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cog
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| a wheel with shapes cut out around its edge.
| Cogs are used together in machines to turn other things around.
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coil
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| something that is twisted around into circles.
| coil of metal
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coin
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| a piece of money made of metal.
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cold
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| having a low temperature.
| A cold day.
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cold
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| an infection that often makes you sneeze and cough and may give you a sore throat.
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collapse
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| to fall down suddenly.
| The tent collapsed.
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