A specific, separate article in document, usually a treaty, bill, or some other kind of legally binding document. It is also a group of words that has a subject and a predicate.
The dogs grew impatient when they saw the pieces of meat.The dogs grew impatient - main clause, because it can function independentlywhen they saw the pieces of meat - adverbial clause of time; it is...
Although I am sick, I went swimming. The part before the comma is the dependent clause and the part after is the independent clause because it can be a sentence on it's own. But the dependent clause...