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Sodalite is a blue stone that is found in large veins. It is one of the minerals found in lapis lazuli. Large quantities of sodalite are opaque but the individual small crystals are transparent.
Also known as a couch, setee or lounge, a sofa is a soft, padded place to sit. Sofas usually fit two or three people.
Something is sold if someone has bought it. When houses are sold, they usually put a "sold" sign at the front of the house that stays there for some time after the house has been sold.
Solemn means very serious, formal, and respectful. A solemn occasion often makes people think carefully about something important, such as a wedding, funeral or official ceremony.
A solid is something in a state that is generally difficult to change the shape of. Most things that you can see around you are solids - your furniture, rocks, and the computer you are reading this on. The other two states that physical things can be in are liquid and gas. Both of these can change shape extremely easily. You can pour water very easily because it is a liquid, but you can't pour a brick.
You do something solo if you do it by yourself, alone. The person in the picture is giving a solo performance.
You solve a puzzle or a problem when you work out an answer or solution. For example, you solve a jigsaw puzzle when you put all the pieces together to make a picture, and you solve a Rubik's cube when you have each face of the cube a single color.
Someone means an unknown or unnamed person. It refers to one person, but we do not say who that person is, or the listener does not need to know. For example, "Someone left a hat on the chair" means that a person left it there, but we don't know who.
