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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.
new
Adjective
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If something is new, it is not old.
They had a new car.
In 1900, the idea was very new.
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If somebody is new, they are not experienced.
They hired a new worker.
world
Noun
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The Earth.
Our world needs to be cared for.
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The .
I love you more than anybody else in the world.
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The setting of a group of people.
They were in their own world as they talked about trains nobody else knew about.
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A planet.
I wonder if there is life on other worlds.
record
Noun
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A record is something in writing to tell what happened.
Keep a record of the date and what you said every time you talk to that person.
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A record is a big round black plastic thing with music or other sounds on it.
Now people don't use records any more -- they use cassettes or CDs.
record
Verb
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To make a written record about something.
She recorded everything she did in a little book.
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To put music or other sounds onto a machine.
The singer recorded some songs on CDs to sell them.