star
A1Frequent NGSL-1UK /stɑː(r)/US /stɑːr/
Meaning
noun
a large ball of burning gas in space that we see as a point of light in the sky at night
“There was a big moon and hundreds of stars were shining overhead.”
verb
to have one of the main parts in a film, play, etc.
“star in something, He starred in that movie about the crazy professor.”
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“I stopped looking up at the night skies, the stars.”
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“away that was the star of culture that's”
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