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| arrangement |
When you make arrangements for something, you make plans and get things ready for it. When you make arrangements for a wedding, you decide the place for it, invite people, choose the cake, and many other things. [1/4 definitions] |
| ask |
to invite. [1/5 definitions] |
| at least |
If you are going to invite at least ten people to your party, then you might invite more than ten, but you will not invite less. Ten is the smallest number of people that you will invite. [1/2 definitions] |
| challenge |
to invite to enter into a fight or contest of skill; dare. [1/6 definitions] |
| dare |
When you dare someone, you invite them to do something that is dangerous or not pleasant, or that might get them into trouble. You do this just to see if they are brave enough to do it. [1/3 definitions] |
| invite |
When you invite someone, you ask them to come somewhere or do something with you. [2/3 definitions] |
| let's1 |
Let's is a short way of writing or saying "let us." We often use let's when we have some idea about something to do, and we ask or invite someone to do it with us. |
| tempt |
When someone tempts you, they offer you something or invite you to do something that looks or sounds really great. At the same time, they know or you know that accepting this thing could be something bad for you. [1/2 definitions] |
| yard sale |
When people have a lot of things that they don't want anymore, they sometimes have an event called a "yard sale." In the yard sale, they try to sell all these things. First, they put the things out in their yard so people can see them, and then they put prices on each thing. They also put up signs that say "Yard Sale" to get people's attention and invite them to the sale. If people are interested, they will come and look and maybe buy some things. |
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