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International time zones

DST

abbreviation

daylight saving time

GMT

noun

Greenwich Mean Time: the time at Greenwich, in England, used as an international standard

local time

noun

the time in a particular part of the world

standard time

noun

the official time in a country or region

time zone

noun

one of the areas that the world is divided into for measuring time

WST

abbreviation

Western Standard Time: a time zone in Australia that is seven to nine hours later than GMT. It includes all of Western Australia.

vocal fry

a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence

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dray

a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer

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conflict mineral

a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons

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