| program
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| a television or radio show
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| progress
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| the process of moving forward or improving.
| She made slow progress through the swamp.
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| prohibit
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| to ban or to forbid someone from doing something.
| Smoking is prohibited.
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| project
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| a piece of work involving research and study of a particular subject.
| He is doing a project on plants.
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| project
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| to stick out or throw outward.
| The rock projected over the valley.
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| promise
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| to say and mean that you will, or will not, do something.
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| promotion
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| a campaign to improve the sale of a product or event by advertising it.
| The promotion for a new yogurt.
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| prompt
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| to encourage someone to do or say something.
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| prompt
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| on time, or without delay
| A prompt delivery.
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| pronoun
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| a word such as “he” or “she” that is used in a sentence to replace a noun.
| Jane was sick today, so she didn’t go to school.
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| pronunciation
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| the way a word is said.
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| proof
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| a thing or happening that shows something is true
| The footprint was proof that someone had been there.
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| propeller
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| a device with revolving blades.
| Propellers spin around to move a boat through the water, or to power an airplane through the air.
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| proper
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| suitable and correct.
| This is the proper way to hit a golf ball so that it rolls along the ground.
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| property
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| the things that belong to a person.
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| prosecute
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| to accuse someone of a crime in a court of law.
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| protect
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| to keep someone or something from being harmed.
| Gardening gloves protect your hands from thorns.
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| protest
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| to say very clearly that you disagree with something.
| They protested against the building of a new road.
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| proud
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| feeling very pleased or satisfied.
| She was proud of her new outfit.
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| prove
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| to show that something is true.
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| proverb
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| a short common saying that comments on life.
| “Many hands make light work” is a proverb.
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| provide
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| to supply something that is useful or needed.
| The runners were provided with drinks along the route.
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| prowl
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| to move around quietly while searching for something.
| The tiger prowled around the tree.
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| public
| adjective
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| open to everybody.
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| publish
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| to produce and print a book, newspaper, or magazine.
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| puddle
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| a shallow pool of liquid on the ground.
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| puff
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| a small, sudden gust of smoke, air or breath.
| a puff of smoke
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| pull
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| to move something with force toward you or in the same direction as you are going.
| Pulling on a rope.
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| pulley
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| a device made of a wheel with a rope or a chain around it that is used for lifting heavy objects.
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| pulp
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| the soft, inside part of a plant, particularly fruits
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