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| China |
China is a country in Asia. It is a very large country with many people and many large cities. There are many businesses and factories. China also has mountains and deserts and land for farming. Some of the greatest rivers in the world flow through China. Because China is so big, people in different parts of China speak different types of their language. People cannot always understand each other when they speak. But when people write, there is no problem with understanding because the way of writing is the same everywhere in China. |
| everywhere |
Everywhere means in every place or in all places. When you look everywhere for your book, it means that you look in every place for your book. |
| far and wide |
over a great distance; everywhere. |
| flood |
If a place floods, it gets filled with water. If a city floods, there is too much water everywhere. [1/6 definitions] |
| rack1 |
If your body is racked with pain, it means something has caused you great pain everywhere. [1/3 definitions] |
| right and left |
in all places or directions; everywhere. |
| rule |
When we say that something rules, we mean that its power or spirit is felt everywhere. [1/4 definitions] |
| Soviet Union |
The Soviet Union was a very large country that existed from 1922 until 1991. It was made up of the country of Russia and many other lands of eastern Europe and Asia. The city of Moscow in Russia was the capital of the Soviet Union, and Russia held the most power in the whole country. The Russian language was the official language everywhere. After 1991, many lands that had been part of the Soviet Union broke away from Russia and became independent. Some of these are Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Georgia, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. |
| surround |
When something surrounds another thing, it is all around it. When trees surround a house, it means that the trees are near the house on all sides. When people surround someone, they are everywhere around them. [1/2 definitions] |
| total |
When a car is a total wreck, it is a complete wreck. If your room is a total mess, it is very messy everywhere. [1/5 definitions] |
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