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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.
throw
Verb
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When you throw an object, you make it fly through the air using your hands.
Jim can throw a ball over his house.
Jill throws with her left hand.
She threw the potato peels in the trash can.
My resume was thrown in the waste basket.
Jill said she was throwing Jim's love letters away.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
dice
Noun
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Sometimes used in the singular, a dice is a cube, each side of which is marked with a different number of spots from 1 to 6.
dice
Verb
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If you dice something, you cut it into cubes (usually small cubes).