The papers she was waiting for were finally sent via post.
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post[pəʊst](verb)
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to send mail
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Mail items posted before 7.00 pm within the Central Business District will be delivered the next working day.
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postman, postmen[ˈpəʊstmæn](noun)
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a person who delivers the post (mail) to residential or commercial addresses
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The postman delivers the mail every weekday.
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mailman, mail carrier, letter carrier
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postwoman, postwomen[ˈpəʊstwʊmən](noun)
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a female postman
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For a few weeks now, a postwoman has been delivering our mail.
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post office, post offices(noun)
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a place (building, office, shop, or counter) concerned with the business of delivering letters, post or mail and selling stamps, etc.
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The next post office is ten minutes away.
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postal worker, postal workers(noun)
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a person who works at the post office
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The post office downtown employs around 15 postal workers.
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letter, letters[ˈlɛt.ə](noun)
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a written message
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I wrote a letter to my sister.
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letter box, letter boxes(noun)
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a slot to put mail in
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There are 30 letter boxes in the hall of the apartment building.
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mailbox
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write, wrote, written[ɹaɪt](irregular verb)
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to form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate; to send written information to
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The pupil wrote his name on the paper.
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envelope, envelopes[ˈɛn.və.ləʊp](noun)
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a paper or cardboard wrapper used to enclose small, flat items, especially letters, for mailing
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She put her letter in an envelope and brought it to the post office.
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postcard, postcards[ˈpəʊstkɑː(ɹ)d](noun)
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a rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard intended to be written on and mailed without an envelope
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I received a postcard from Italy!
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parcel, parcels[ˈpɑrsəl](noun)
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a package wrapped for shipment
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I saw a brown paper parcel on my doorstep.
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package
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address, addresses[ə.ˈdrɛs](noun)
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direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed
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To send a postcard to my friend I will need her address.
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postcode, postcodes[ˈpəʊs(t)kəʊd](noun)
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a sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address to aid the sorting and delivery of mail
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The postcode of my hometown is 345674.
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sender, senders[ˈsɛndɚ](noun)
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someone who sends something, eg. mail
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The letter came from an unknown sender.
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addressee, receiver
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receiver, receivers[ɹəˈsivɚ](noun)
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a person who receives something, eg. mail
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Her parents are the receivers of her beautiful gift.
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recipient
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postage, postages[ˈpəʊstɪʤ](noun)
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the charge for posting an item; the postage stamp, or similar token, affixed to an item of post as evidence of payment
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The postage to send the parcel to London was 12 Pounds.
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stamp, stamps[stæmp](noun)
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a small piece of printed paper stuck on an item to be mailed, indicating that postage has been paid
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I need one first-class stamp to send this letter.
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stick, stuck, stuck[stɪk](irregular verb)
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to glue or to adhere something to something else so it cannot easily be removed
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Stick the label on the jar.
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penfriend, penfriends[ˈpɛnfrɛnd](noun)
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a person, often in a foreign country, with whom one exchanges friendly correspondence but whom one never or rarely meets
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The class got several new penfriends from England.
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pen pal
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airmail[ˈɛəmeɪl](uncountable noun)
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the system of conveying mail using aircraft
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He sent a letter to Asia via airmail.
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