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a
Determinative
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A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type.
Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".
a
Noun
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A is the first letter of the alphabet.
The letter "a" comes before "b".
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In some schools, an A is a very high grade.
Ron got an A on his earth science test.
fistful
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noun
(= handful)
the quantity that can be held in the hand
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
dynamite
Noun
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A type of explosive; dynamite is nitroglycerin mixed in special clay (dirt).
They used dynamite to blast the rock from the mountain.
Dynamite was invented by .
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If something is dynamite is it is very exciting or dangerous.
dynamite
Verb
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To blow up something using dynamite.
That building was dynamited last week and as soon as the rubble is cleared they are going to begin rebuilding.