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Something is spinning if it is moving around and around a central point. Windmills spin, so do spinning tops. If you throw a ball the right way, it will spin as it flies. Skaters and ballerinas sometimes spin while they are performing.
Spinning is also a way to turn raw materials like sheep's wool and cotton into fibers suitable for making into cloth.
Tallinn is the capital of Estonia. It has a population of around 416,000.
A tarpaulin is a large piece of canvas that has been waterproofed. Older style tarpaulins were made from fabric waterproofed with wax or something similar, modern tarpaulins are made from woven plastic. Tarpaulins are used to protect things from the weather.
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Tin is one of the metals known for the longest to man. It is one of the main components of bronze, which revolutionised civilisation as bronze was harder and easier to work with than copper. Tin is smelted in a similar way to iron, by reducing it with coal.
Tin is soft at room temperature and above but becomes brittle at low temperatures because it becomes crystalline as it cools. Tin is very stable and doesn't tarnish or rust like other metals.
Today tin is used mainly as an alloy with other metals, and to coat other metals to stop them from rusting. Tin is used to line tin cans, which are actually made of steel.
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The violin is a bowed string instrument with four strings. It is the smallest of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola (a slightly larger violin) and cello. The violin is sometimes called a fiddle, and someone who plays the violin is called a violinist or a fiddler. You usually play a violin by drawing a bow across the strings, like the woman in the picture.
A virgin is someone, either male or female, who has never had sexual intercourse before. This term is usually only used on people who have reached puberty.
