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a Determinative

— 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

— A is the first letter of the alphabet. The letter "a" comes before "b". — In some schools, an A is a very high grade. Ron got an A on his earth science test.

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little Adjective

— If something is little, its size is not big. I just ate a tiny little piece of the cake. — A little while, distance, etc. is not long. Could you just wait a little while more? — A little person or animal is young. Two little boys were fighting on the playground.

little Determinative

— Little money, room, help, etc. is a small amount of it; not much. They understood little or no French. He was busy and had little time for children. Try to spend as little of your money as possible. We saw little of her after the first day. Little is known about the problem. The building was destroyed leaving little more than rock and glass. She's a quiet person with little to say about these things. This has little to do with him and a lot to do with you. We saved what little was left.

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less Determiner

— A smaller amount or degree. He does less of the work than she does. I want less soup. It costs less than $10. As we build new roads, these small ones will become less important. He wore a dark colour that was less likely to be seen.

less Adverb

— If you do mathx/math less than mathy/math, you do not do mathy/math as much as mathy/math. I read less than I used to. = "reading now < reading before" He works less than she does. My leg really hurts, but my arm hurts less. = "my arm hurts < my leg hurts" — If you do something less often, easily, well, etc., you do not do it as often, easily, well, etc. I go out less often than before. He plays piano less well than she does. — If you something is less likely, expensive, important, etc., it is not as likely, expensive, important, etc. This book is less expensive than that book. ="the price of this book < the price of that book" You should go out. Studying is less important.

less Preposition

— minus Seven less four is three. math7-4=3/math

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conversation Noun

— A conversation is when two or more people are talking informally. I had a really interesting conversation at work about how to improve things. She is very good at making conversation with people she meets.

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