work ethic
This is also known as the "dark reaction". It's called this because light is not required to create the products need to continue the Calvin Cycle.
In gangster terms, a scrub is a man who is not independent or financially responsible. The all female singing group TLC made a song called "No Scrubs" back in the early 2000's.
Financially troubled
The independent variable is called independent because it is the variable that is being manipulated or changed by the researcher to observe its effect on the dependent variable. It is independent of any other factors in the experiment because its values are determined by the researcher's actions.
An independent clause can also be called a simple sentence.
It is called the x-variable. It can be the independent variable but there may be no independent variable.
Better off financially
Your teacher might have called this paper on capitalism "independent thinking".
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She was so independent we called her a hero from then on. He has become very independent since his mother died.
He (or she) is called an "independent'' candidate.
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