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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.
struggle
Verb
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If you struggle to do something difficult, you work very hard to do it.
They struggled to survive in New York City on $25,000 a year.
She struggled to her feet after being hit by the bicycle.
The company is struggling to maintain the same level of profits.
She wrote about struggling to balance motherhood, work and love.
The fishermen struggled against the powerful winds and high waves that had come in with a late-night storm.
struggle
Noun
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A struggle is a fight, often long and hard, or needing a lot of effort.
As long as they are not willing to make peace, there will be armed struggle.
Nature is really an ongoing struggle for survival.
The fighting has been mainly a power struggle between these two groups.
This has been part of life in Indonesia since its struggle against the Dutch for independence.
They had become deeply involved in the people's struggle for freedom and democracy.
They are already engaged in a power struggle for control of the post-American Iraq.
The basis of most movies is a struggle between good guys and bad guys.
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.
Rome
Proper noun
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Rome is the capital city of Italy.
It is noon at the U.N. headquarters in New York, 6:00 p.m. in Rome, Italy.
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Rome is the Roman Empire, an empire that existed between 85 BC and AD 476 and covered much of the southern Europe and some of northern Africa.
Most of our great ideas are rooted in Greece and Rome.
Visitors are transported back 2,000 years in time to experience life and death in ancient Rome.