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| addiction |
If a person has an addiction, their body sends out signals that they must continue to take or take more of a certain a drug or similar substance. These signals cause a desire for the drug that is very, very strong, and it can make people do things that they would not normally do just to get it. Addiction is something that can ruin people's lives. Some drugs cause addiction, but most drugs that people take as medicine do not. |
| be out of |
to no longer have (something that is normally available). |
| cancer |
a disease in which certain cells divide and grow much faster than they normally do. [1/4 definitions] |
| conscious |
When you are conscious, your brain is awake and working normally. You can feel, think, hear, and see. [1/2 definitions] |
| consciousness |
Consciousness is the physical condition of being awake and aware. If a big rock lands on your head, you might lose consciousness. Suddenly, your brain is not working normally. You are not awake or aware of things around you. [1/2 definitions] |
| flood |
an overflow of water onto land that is not normally under water. [1/5 definitions] |
| hurried |
If you are hurried, something is forcing you to move more quickly than you normally would. Sometimes, when you are hurried, you make mistakes because you don't have time to be careful. People often feel uncomfortable or nervous when they are hurried. [1/2 definitions] |
| irony |
contrast that is usually interesting or surprising between what one would normally expect and what the real thing or situation is. |
| normally |
If you do something normally, you do it in the usual way you do it, or in the way most people do it. If you walk normally, you walk in the usual way that you walk, or you walk the way most people walk. If you're walking backwards, you are probably not walking normally. [2 definitions] |
| punctual |
If you are punctual, you are on time. You are not late and not early either. If you are a punctual person, you normally arrive or do things on time. |
| station |
the place where a person or thing is normally found. [1/5 definitions] |
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