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around
Preposition
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If mathx/math is around mathy/math, mathy/math is in the middle and mathx/math is on all sides of mathy/math.
The moon circles around the Earth.
The fence was built around the house.
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.
moon
Noun
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The moon is the round white thing in the sky at night. It's like a small planet that goes around the Earth.
I was able to see the road because there was a full moon that night.
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A moon is a thing like a small planet that goes around another planet.
moon
Verb
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If you moon someone, you show them your bare buttocks.
Someone in the car pulled down their pants and mooned us as they drove past.