almanac
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a book published every year that tells you about the movements of the planets, the times of the tides, and the dates of important events
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a book published every year that tells you about the movements of the planets, the times of the tides, and the dates of important events
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a book published every year that tells you about what happened in a particular subject or activity
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a book containing poems, stories, or songs written by different people. Someone who produces an anthology is called an anthologist.
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something such as a book that people respect because it contains a lot of knowledge about a particular subject
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a book that someone writes about someone else’s life. A book that someone writes about their own life is called an autobiography.
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a book or film about romantic relationships in the 18th or 19th centuries, containing a lot of sex scenes
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a set of printed pages fastened together inside a cover, that may contain a story, information, poems, or other forms of writing
the American spelling of catalogue
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a detailed collection of information on a particular subject, especially in a short book
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a book that contains recipes (=a list of the things you need and instructions for preparing and cooking food)
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a book that is designed to be used in class by students taking a particular course of study
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a book about a particular subject that gives an alphabetical list of words, phrases, or names with information about them
a British spelling of encyclopedia
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a book or set of books giving information about a lot of different subjects or about one particular subject
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one of a series of books of various levels of difficulty containing pieces of writing, exercises etc, used by people who are learning to read or learning a language
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a book that records the best achievements that people have done, or surprising things that exist
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a book about a person’s life that deliberately includes only good things about them
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a small book that gives information about a subject or instructions about how to use something
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an account of someone’s experiences written by that person, especially the experiences of someone who has taken part in important political or military events
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a book that someone writes about their own life in which they describe mainly sad things that have happened to them
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a book that lists medicines and drugs used for treating medical conditions, and describes how to prepare and use them
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a book containing simple pieces of writing, exercises etc, used by people who are learning to read or learning a language
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a book that is intended to be used when you need a fact or piece of information, for example a dictionary
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a book that is sold for less than its usual price because not many people have bought it
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a book that lists the parents and ancestors of valuable animals, especially horses for racing or expensive dogs
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a collection of articles on a particular subject that are published together in a book
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a book containing pictures of people and details of the activities that they did at school or college during one particular year
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a book containing information about what happened in a particular business or community during a particular year
all of a writer’s work, published in one set or in one book
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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