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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.
white
Noun
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White is one of the colors people can see
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The white or clear colored part inside an egg.
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A person with fair (light) colored skin. Usually this means people of the race that began in Europe, especially northern Europe.
white
Adjective
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Something that is colored white
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Of a race with light skin or the race that began in Europe, especially northern Europe.
shade
Noun
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The shade is the darker place under a tree or other thing, where the sun is not shining.
She rested in the shade of the tree because she felt hot.
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A shade is the slight difference between colors.
shade
Verb
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If something is shaded, it is shielded from light.
The old tree shaded the animals from the sun.
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If something is shading, it is approaching something slightly.
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If you shade something in a drawing, you darken it.
Mary started shading in the outlines of the house in her drawing.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
pale
Adjective
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If someone or something is pale, then their color is very light.
pale
Verb
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If something pales in comparison to something else, then its importance becomes lower.
pale
Noun
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A pale is a wooden stake.