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common

/ˈpoli/

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Translation

cop, copper

Grammar

Gendercommon

Pluralpolis

Examples

pedirnos .

A cop stopped us to ask for our papers.

My neighbour has been a cop for ten years.

¡, !

Careful, the police are coming!

They called the police when they heard the noise.

The police arrested the thief that very night.

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This word is part of lesson 37.