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battle
Noun
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A battle is when different groups or teams fight each other.
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A battle is a personal challenge or struggle.
After a long battle with cancer, he finally returned to work.
battle
Verb
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If teams or people battle, they fight.
In World War II, Germany and England battled for control of Europe.
Learning a new language is difficult, but if you keep battling, you will learn it.
The Nutcracker and the toys came to life to battle the Mouse King and his army.
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.
Aegates
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noun
(= Egadi Islands)
a group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean
island
Noun
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An island is a piece of ground that is completely surrounded by water.
The fisherman lived alone on a small island in James Bay.
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An island of an object, person, or place, is one surrounded by things very different from itself.
An island of peace and silence in a noisy city.