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abbey
Noun
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An abbey is a building where monks or nuns live, or used to live.
After working in the fields, the monks went back to the abbey.
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An abbey is a church which was once part of an abbey.
Westminster Abbey is a famous church in England.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
the
Determiner
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Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
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Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
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Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
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Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.
saviour
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noun
(= savior)
a person who rescues you from harm or danger
Saviour
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noun
(= Jesus)
a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)