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| Australia |
Australia is a country but it is also a continent. A continent is one of the seven largest areas of land on the earth, like North America, Africa, or Asia. Most continents are made up of many countries, but Australia is both a continent and a single country. Australia is famous for its unusual animals, such as the kangaroo and the koala. These animals only live in Australia except if they live in a zoo. Australia is the smallest of all the continents, but it is still very large! [1/2 definitions] |
| future tense |
a form of a verb that shows that something will happen or a condition will exist in the future. In the sentence "We will go to the zoo," "will go" is in the future tense. |
| gorilla |
A gorilla is a very large animal that lives in forests in Africa. A gorilla is in the ape family of animals. Male gorillas that live in a zoo can weigh six hundred pounds. |
| live2 |
When something is live, it means that it is alive or has life. In a museum, you might see animals, but they are usually not live animals. A zoo is a place for live animals. [1/4 definitions] |
| real1 |
When something is real, it is not a copy of something else. Plastic flowers are not real flowers. The animals in a zoo are real, but animals in a cartoon are not. [1/2 definitions] |
| repeat |
Sometimes when you repeat something, it means that you do it again. When you repeat your trip to the zoo, you go to the zoo again. [1/5 definitions] |
| zoo |
a place where living animals, especially wild ones, are kept for people to look at. The word "zoo" is short for "zoological garden." |
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