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cattle

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 -large ruminant animals with horns and cloven hoofs, domesticated for meat or milk, or as beasts of burden 

-domestic animals with four feet

Example: These cattle are being fattened up for slaughter.

Tagalog: mga baka, kawan ng baka, mga hayop

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cleave

verb

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-to cut or break into two or more parts

Example: the large ax his father used to cleave wood for the fire

Synonyms: split, cut

Tagalog: biyakin, mahahati

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-to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly

Example: children cleaving to their families

Synonyms: adhere, stick, cling, cohere

Tagalog: kakapit, masasanib

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creep

verb

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-move slowly and carefully, especially in order to avoid being heard or noticed

Example: He crept downstairs, hardly making any noise.

Synonyms: tiptoe, sneak, crawl

 

-to move very slowly

Example: We were creeping along in rush-hour traffic.

Tagalog: umusad, nagsisiusad

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noun

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-a person you think is unpleasant and to be avoided

Example: That guy upstairs is such a creep.

Synonyms: spook, weirdo

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dominion

noun

 

-control over a country or people

Example: God has dominion over all his creatures.

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-the land that belongs to a ruler

Synonyms: domain, authorization, sovereignty, control, dominance, domination, power, supremacy, reign

Tagalog: kapangyarihan, sakop, paghahari

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firmament

noun

 

-the vault or arch of the sky

-the sky

Example: Stars twinkled in the firmament.

Synonyms: sky, vault, heaven

Tagalog: langit, papawirin, kalawakan

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fowl

noun

 

-a bird of any kind

Example: I spotted a long-legged fowl by the water's edge

Synonyms: bird

Tagalog: ibon

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midst

noun

 

-the middle or central part

Example: The river passes through the midst of the city.

Synonyms: center, middle

 

preposition

 

-among, amid

Example: The summit of the mountain appeared midst the clouds.

Tagalog: gitna, kalagitnaan, kaibuturan

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mist

noun

 

-a cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface limiting visibility

-but to a lesser extent than fog; strictly, with visibility remaining above 1.5 miles (1 km).

Example: The peaks were shrouded in mist.

 

-a condensed vapor settling in fine droplets on a surface

Example: a breeze cooled the mist of perspiration that had dampened her temples

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-a haze or film over the eyes, especially caused by tears, and resulting in blurred vision

Example: Ruth saw most of the scene through a mist of tears.

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-used in reference to something that blurs one's perceptions or memory

Example: Sardinia's origins are lost in the mists of time

Synonyms: dew, fog, moisture, moist, haze, smog

Tagalog: ambon, hamog

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verb

 

-cover or become covered with mist

Example: The windows were misted up with condensation

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-(of a person's eyes) become covered with a film of tears causing blurred vision

Example: Her eyes misted at this heroic image.

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nostril

noun

 

-either of two external openings of the nasal cavity in vertebrates

-that admit air to the lungs and smells to the olfactory nerves

Example: My left nostril is stuffed up.

Tagalog: butas ng ilong

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pluviophile

adjective

 

-a lover of rain

Example: someone who finds joy and peace of mind during rainy days

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replenish

verb

 

-fill (something) up again 

-restore (a stock or supply of something) to the former level or condition

Example: (1) He replenished Justin's glass with mineral water.

(2) All creatures need sleep to replenish their energies

Synonyms: refill, top up, fill up, recharge, freshen, restock, stock up, restore, replace

Tagalog: lagyang muli, kalatan, punuin, pakapunuin

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till

verb

 

-to prepare and use land for growing crops

Example: The farmers are tilling the soil.

Synonyms: cultivate, farm, plow, dig

Tagalog: magbungkal ng lupa, mag-araro, maglinang

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noun

 

-a drawer where money is kept in a store

Example: We suspected him of dipping into the till.

Synonyms: box, vault, treasury, cash drawer, cashbox

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yield

verb

 

-to supply or produce something positive such as a profit, an amount of food or information

Example: Favourable weather yielded a good crop.

Synonyms: produce, bear, bring, earnings, revenue

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-to give up the control of or responsibility for something

-often because you have been forced to

Example: Despite renewed pressure to give up the occupied territory, they will not yield.

Synonyms: give up

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-to bend or break under pressure

Example: His legs began to yield under the sheer weight of his body.

Synonyms: bend, break, loose

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-to stop in order to allow other vehicles to go past, especially before you drive onto a bigger road

Example: If you're going downhill, you need to yield to bikers going uphill.

Synonyms: stop

Tagalog: tigil, bali, dulot, magdulot, sumuko, magtamo, magbigay, magbigay-daan

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noun

 

-an amount of something positive, such as food or profit, that is produced or supplied

Example: Crop yields have risen steadily.

Tagalog: ani, bunga, kita,

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