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because

US /bɪˈkɔz/

conjunction Foundation · A2 Đời sống hằng ngày

Definition

the quality, condition, or instance of because

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

The flight was delayed because of heavy fog over the city.

Collocations

  • Easy smile because you are happy
    to smile because you are happy, meaning to change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
  • Medium rejected because of missing signatures
    to rejected because of missing signatures, meaning to refuse to accept or acknowledge
  • Hard nullified because of non-compliance
    to nullified because of non-compliance, meaning to declare invalid
  • Very Hard not because it is easy, but hard
    describing not because it is easy, but hard (negation of a word or group of words)

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