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The school was originally very small. I'm from Texas originally.

or • na • ment / ' ornamant / noun [ count ]

a thing that we have because it is beautiful, not because it is useful

glass ornaments

or • na • men • tal / |orna ' mentl / adjective

There is an ornamental pond in the yard.

or • phan / orfan / noun [ count ]

a child whose parents are dead

or • phan • age / orfanid3 / noun [ count ]

a home for children whose parents are dead

os • trich / ' astritf / noun [ count ] ( plural os . trich - es )

a very big bird from Africa that cannot fly but can run fast because it has long legs

Oth .er Ф / лбэг/ adjective, pronoun

as well as, or different from the one or ones I have said Carmen is Mexican, but the other students in my class are Korean.

can only find one shoe. Have you seen the other one? I saw her on the other side of the road.

John and Claire arrived at nine o'clock, but the others (= the other people ) were late. other than

except for someone or something I haven't told anyone other than you. the other day

not many days ago

I saw your brother the other day. —SYNONYM recently

Oth . er .wise Ф / 'ulorwaiz / adverb, conjunction

in all other ways

The house is small, but otherwise it's very nice.

in a different way

Most people agreed, but Rachel thought otherwise.

3 if not

Hurry up, otherwise you'll be late. —SYNONYM or

ot • ter / ' atar / noun [ count ]

a river animal with brown fur that eats fish

ouch / autj / exclamation

You say " ouch " when you suddenly feel pain Ouch! That hurts!

—SYNONYM ow

ought to Ф / ' ota ; ' ot tu / modal verb

words that you use to tell or ask someone what is the right thing to do

It's late — you ought to go home.

—SYNONYM should

words that you use to say what you think will happen or what you think is true

Tom has worked very hard, so he ought to pass the exam. That movie ought to be good.

—SYNONYM should

Grammar

Can , could , may , might , should , must , will , shall , would , and ought to are modal verbs.

Modal verbs do not have an "s" in the "he/she" form: She can drive. (NOT She cans drive.)

After modal verbs (except ought to ), you use the infinitive without "to": I must go now. (NOT I must to go.)

You make questions and negative sentences without "do" or "did": Will you come with me? (NOT Do you will come?); They might not know. (NOT They don't might know.)

ounceО/ auns / noun [count] ( abbreviation oz. )

a measure of weight (= 28.35 grams). There are 16 ounces in a pound

eight ounces of flour

another word for fluid ounce a 12-ounce can of cola.

our Ф' / ar; аиэг/ adjective

belonging to us This is our house.

ours Ф / arz ; ' auarz / pronoun something that belongs to us Your car is the same as ours.

our .selves © / ar' selvz ; auar' selvz / pronoun [ plural ]

used when you and another person or other people do an action and are also affected by it

We made ourselves some coffee.

a word that makes "we" stronger We built the house ourselves.

by ourselves

without help

alone; without other people

We went on vacation by ourselves. Suffix

-ous

( in adjectives ) having a particular quality

danger ous

disastr ous

poison ous

mysteri ous

OUt © / aut / adjective, adverb

away from the inside of a place When you go out, please close the door. She opened the box and took out a picture.

—ANTONYM in

not at home or not in the place where you work I called Steve but he was out.

I went out to the movies last night.

—ANTONYM in