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| care |
If someone asks you if you would care for something or care to do something, they are offering you something or inviting you to do something. They would like to know if you want what they are offering. They are asking this in a polite way and in a way that doesn't make you feel that you have to say yes. [1/7 definitions] |
| clumsy |
If someone is clumsy, they sometimes use their hands, arms, and legs in ways that are awkward and are not how they would like to move. They sometimes drop things or fall over things or bump into things. They do things like this more often than most other people. |
| invitation |
An invitation is something that asks another person if they would like to go somewhere or do something with you. [1/2 definitions] |
| kind of |
"Kind of" means "somewhat" or "in some way." If you're kind of hungry, you are a bit hungry and you would like to eat something, but you are not super hungry. You could wait for a while. We often use "kind of" when we can't or don't really want to explain the degree of something or the exact way that something is. |
| more |
If you can't run more, it means that you can't run for a longer period of time. If you would like to see your cousins more, it means that you would like to see them a greater number of times than you do. [1/6 definitions] |
| respect |
When you respect other people's things, you are careful with them. You treat them the way you would like your own things to be treated by other people. [1/7 definitions] |
| suggest |
If your mother suggests a dentist for her new friend, your mother is giving her friend the name of that dentist because she feels that that dentist would do a good job for her friend. If your dad suggests a movie to a friend of his, he is giving his friend the name of that movie because he thinks his friend would like it. [1/3 definitions] |
| thoughtful |
If you are thoughtful, you think about what other people might need or would like, and then you do something to help or be kind to them. [1/2 definitions] |
| would like |
"Would like" has a meaning that is similar to "want," but we use it to be polite or when we are not sure if we can get what we want. |
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