BIL
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WORDS
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TYPES
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MEANING
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EXAMPLES
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1.
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Preferential
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-adjective
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Giving
an advantage to a particular person or group
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*Single mothers have been given preferential
acsess to council housing.
*The preferential on mara
scholarship is only for bumiputeras.
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2.
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Queasy
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-adjective
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Sick
feeling in the stomach / Having an unpleasantly nervous or doubtful feeling
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*Amran felt a little
queasy after eating nasi lemak at the stall by the road side.
*Since I’m don’t know much about
cooking,I’m always queasy when dealing with food.
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3.
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Mere
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-adjective
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To
say something or someone is small,unimportant/say that something small is
important or has big effect
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*The committee is is a mere
appendage of the council has no power of its own.
*The mere possibility of a
tax increase was enough to enrage him.
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4.
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Deplete
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-verb
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To
reduce something in size or amount
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*The illness suffered by Ash delpleted
the impotant vitamins in her body.
*The depletion of ozone
layer causes global warming.
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5.
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Province (area,arena,department)
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-noun
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A
subject or area of interest that a person knows about or is involved in
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*Renaissance art is not his province-he
specializes in the modern period
*Marketing is within the province
of the sales department.
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Thursday, 12 March 2015
Failure is the beginning of success!
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