adjective, American English - used to describe things of the same type which all look almost the same and rather boring, showing lack of imagination and not much character

noun - a small mistake in the way a law or a contract has been written that gives someone the chance to avoid having to do something

verb - to put something up in a way that the upper part is fixed and the lower part is loose, to be in such a position

noun - a doctor who has to fly to his patients because they live in a very distant parts of the country, esp. in the Australian outback

noun - the form of a verb that can be used instead of a noun, in English it has the ending -ING (swimming, being, knowing, having etc.)

noun - a variety of a language used by a particular group of people, the variety may differ from the main language in grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation

noun - an official group of people who have been given the task to gather information about something, investigate something or control something, especially for the government

noun - the main character in the fairy tale about a young girl who lives with her mother in law and two evil step sisters and has to work for them untill a fairy godmother helps her get to the Prince's dance where the prince notices her and they get married and they live happily ever after

noun - a tense that is used for actions that happened at some point in the past or happened regularly in the past, were generally true etc. Verbs usually have the ending -ED and in questions and negatives we usually use DID / DIDN'T