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r increase Dnkn:s] v.<br />

To increase something is to make it larger or more.<br />

-» They’ve increased the price of gas by 15 cents!<br />

r lord [lo:rd] n.<br />

Long ago, a lord was a man in charge of a town.<br />

-* The lord of the town was not kind.<br />

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owe [ou]<br />

To owe is to have to pay or give back something received from another.<br />

-* I owed him twenty dollars, so I paid him back.<br />

r- position [pazijan] n.<br />

A position is the way something is placed.<br />

->How can you sit in that position?<br />

r raise ireizj *<br />

To raise something is to lift it up.<br />

-*•We had to work together to raise the last piece.<br />

r responsible [rispansebal] adj.<br />

If a person is responsible, they do the right things.<br />

-*■I try to be responsible and save money.<br />

r sight [saitl n.<br />

A sight is something interesting to see.<br />

-►I saw the pyramids of Egypt. What a sight!<br />

r spot [spat] n.<br />

A spot is a place where something happens.<br />

-* The kitchen is a good spot to eat meals.<br />

r structure [strAktM n.<br />

A structure is a building.<br />

->They just built a beautiful new structure downtown.<br />

r whole [houl] adj.<br />

Whole means all of something.<br />

-♦I ate the whole pie. We don’t have any more.<br />

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