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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.
spell
Verb
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To make up a word.
C, A and T spell cat.
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To say or write all the letters that make up a word, in the right order.
Jack says: "Spell cat for me, Jill."
Jill says: "C-A-T."
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To spell all the words in a language correctly.
Jack says: I thought cat was spelled K-A-T.
Jill says: That is because you cannot spell very well.
spell
Noun
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A spell is an amount of time.
He stayed in his house for quite a spell.
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What happens during an amount of time.
We've had a bad spell of weather.
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Words supposed to have a magical power, or the effect they are supposed to have.
He cast a spell on us.
The witch cast an evil spell on the princess.
for
Preposition
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shows that something belongs to something else, or has a specific function
This cake is for you.
This is a net for catching fish.
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For is used to show the reason for something
He was angry, for he had never been called such terrible names before.
for
Subordinator
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For introduces a clause with a subject and a to-infinitive
It's not good for you to be too relaxed.
chameleon
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noun
lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue
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noun
a changeable or inconstant person
Chameleon
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noun
(= Chamaeleon)
a faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Apus and Mensa