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used with adjectives ending in ‘-able’ to make nouns meaning a particular quality
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used with some nouns to make adjectives describing a quality that someone or something has
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used with nouns and verbs to make nouns meaning someone who likes something a lot or who is unable to stop doing something
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used with names of places to make nouns and adjectives meaning relating to a particular place or to someone who comes from a particular place
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used with some nouns and verbs to make nouns meaning an event or activity that lasts for a long time. These events are often organized in order to make money to help people
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used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning that a group or action is supported by an organization or country, usually a powerful one
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used with some adjectives to make adjectives describing what type of back someone or something has
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used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning that something has a particular substance or material on the back
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used with some names of places to make adjectives meaning happening or working in a particular place
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used with some nouns to make adjectives describing how something is carried from one person or place to another
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used with some adjectives and nouns, for example place names, to make adjectives describing where someone or something is going
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used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning that someone is unable to leave a place
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used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning that something prevents travel in a place
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used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning that something is preventing people from working or from doing what they want
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used with some nouns to make nouns describing someone or something that attacks or removes something bad
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used with some nouns to make adjectives describing someone or something that attacks or removes something bad
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used with some adjectives to make adjectives describing how many cells a living structure has
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used with some nouns to make adjectives describing who or what is considered most important when planning a policy or activity
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used with some adjectives and nouns to make adjectives describing what colour something is
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used with some nouns and adverbs to make adjectives describing a person or organization that gives a lot of attention to a particular subject or thing
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used with some nouns for saying what makes someone behave in a crazy and uncontrolled way
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a group of letters that are added to the end of a word to show that something is smaller than things of that type usually are, for example ‘-let’ added to ‘drop’ to make ‘droplet’
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used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning strongly influenced or caused by something
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used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning using a particular piece of software
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used with some nouns to make other nouns meaning someone who is involved with something, especially as a job
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used with the names of some people to make adjectives describing things relating to that person or their work
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used with some nouns to make adjectives describing things that have a particular quality
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used with some adjectives for describing someone with eyes of a particular colour or shape or a particular expression in their eyes
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used with some adjectives to make other adjectives describing the face of someone or something
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used with some nouns to make adverbs meaning ‘in the way that a particular person or thing might do something’
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used with some nouns to describe an occasion when people do a lot of a particular activity
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used with numbers to make adjectives and adverbs describing how much something increases
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used with some adjectives to make adjectives describing the size and shape of someone’s body
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sometimes used with nouns to make a new adjective meaning that something helps or does not harm a particular type of person or thing
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sometimes used with nouns to make a name for a political scandal, especially one that affects the president or government of the US
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used with some adjectives for describing substances such as wood or stone that have a particular arrangement, pattern, or direction of fibres
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used with some adjectives for describing substances that consist of small individual pieces of a particular type
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used with some adjectives to make adjectives describing the hair of a person or animal
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used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning that someone is too willing to do or use something bad
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used with some adjectives to make adjectives describing someone’s character or feelings
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used with some nouns to make nouns meaning a particular state, or period in someone’s life
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used with some adjectives and nouns to make verbs meaning ‘to become, or to make someone or something become, something’
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used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning ‘full of something harmful or unpleasant’
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used with the names of places to make adjectives and nouns meaning relating to a particular place or describing someone who comes from a particular place
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used with some nouns to make adjectives describing a quality that someone or something has
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used with some nouns and adjectives to make verbs meaning to become or make something become something
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used with some nouns for saying that someone is very interested in a particular thing, and usually not interested in anything else
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used with some adjectives and nouns to make adjectives describing where or how something was created, or who created it
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used with many nouns to make nouns meaning an extremely strong enthusiasm for something
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used with some adjectives and adverbs to make adjectives describing the type of manners that someone has
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sometimes used with nouns to make a new word meaning someone who is an expert at doing something, or someone who does something in a very skilful and exciting way
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used with some adjectives and adverbs to make adjectives describing the way someone thinks or their attitude to life
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used with many nouns to make adjectives meaning believing that something is important or interesting
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used for making nouns describing a form of sexual activity that is not considered normal
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used for making nouns meaning someone who dislikes or who is afraid of someone or something
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used for making nouns describing a strong feeling of disliking or being afraid of someone or something
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used for making adjectives meaning disliking or afraid of someone or something very much
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used for making nouns meaning something relating to sound or to equipment for producing sounds
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used for making nouns and adjectives meaning or describing someone who speaks a particular language
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used with some nouns for describing something that will provide protection against the damaging effects of something else
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used with some nouns to make adjectives describing what something contains or has in large amounts
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used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning full of something, usually something unpleasant or harmful
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used with some nouns and adjectives to form adjectives describing the type of rim that something has
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used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning controlled or organized by someone or something
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used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning spending less, or using less of something
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used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning looking for something or trying to get something
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used with some nouns to make a word meaning the period of time someone has a particular job or position
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used with numbers to make adjectives describing how many people or groups are involved in something
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used with some adjectives to make other adjectives describing the type of sleeves that a piece of clothing has
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used with numbers such as twenty, forty, sixty etc to refer to the age of someone who is between 20 and 29, 40 and 49 etc, or to make nouns meaning someone who is that age
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used with some nouns to make adjectives describing something that has been covered with small drops of a liquid
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used with some nouns to make nouns describing the type of language that someone uses. This word often shows that you dislike this type of language
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used with the names of languages to make adjectives meaning speaking a particular language
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used with some nouns to describe people or things affected by serious problems or unpleasant emotions
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used with some adjectives and nouns to make adjectives describing someone’s qualities or the way that something is done or designed
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used with some nouns for saying that something has a tip that is made from a particular substance
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used after some nouns to describe the person that someone will soon be or the position that they will soon have
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used with some adjectives to make adjectives describing the way someone speaks or writes
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used with many nouns and adjectives to make adjectives meaning having the qualities or features of a particular person, thing, or group
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in a particular direction, or towards a particular place: used with some nouns and adjectives
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used with some nouns to make nouns describing objects that you use for a particular purpose or in a particular place
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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