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Estimated CEFR level: A1 — Beginner

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Definition

noun 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
noun an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions)
noun the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees

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“He’s all right,” I murmured. — The man who saved New York, Ray Cummings
This seems to be Dostoevsky’s chief interest--inconsequence. — Dostoevsky, André Gide
Its crew mapped the Earth’s oceans for later colonists. — This star shall be free, Murray Leinster

second, sec

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