Thursday, 16 May 2024, 12:36 PM
Site: Amideast Online
Course: English for All (Eng4all)
Glossary: Glossary of 1,500 Common English Words
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jail | |
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a prison for those waiting to be tried for a crime or for those serving sentences for crimes that are not serious | |
jewel | |
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a valuable stone, such as a diamond or emerald | |
job | |
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the work that one does to earn money | |
join | |
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to put together or come together; to become part of or a member of | |
joint | |
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shared by two or more | |
joke | |
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something done or said to cause others to laugh | |
judge | |
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to form an opinion about; to decide a question, especially a legal one; n. a public official who decides problems of law in a court | |
jump | |
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to push down on the feet and move up quickly into the air | |
jury | |
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a group of people chosen to decide what is true in a trial | |
just | |
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only ("Help me for just a minute."); very shortly before or after the present ("He just left."); at the same time ("He left just as I came in."); what is right or fair ("The law is just, in my opinion.") | |