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army
Noun
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The people and organisation, normally in a government, which fights wars.
The army fought in Iraq.
He joined the army when he was 19.
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A large number of people working towards the same thing.
It took an army of people to build that bridge.
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.
guardian
Noun
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A guardian is the person who is responsible by law for looking after a child, especially if it is not their parents.
His grandmother was his legal guardian.
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A guardian is a person who guards or protects something.
Islamic
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adjective
of or relating to or supporting Islamism
Islamic art
revolution
Noun
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A revolution is a sudden significant change.
The Industrial Revolution began when machines were able to make things quicker and cheaper than people.
In the 1960s, you had the women's revolution, the sexual revolution, and all sorts of change.
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A revolution is a war against the government by the country's own people.
There was a revolution in France in 1789.
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When a wheel turns around once it has made a revolution; going in a circle; turning; revolving.
The hour hand on the clock makes one revolution in twelve hours.