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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.
Caudine
adjective
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of or pertaining to Caudium
fork
Noun
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An instrument for eating, with 3 or 4 sharp points called tines, all in the same direction.
I ate with my fork.
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A place where one thing becomes two.
She came to a fork in the road.
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(chess) A situation where two or more enemy pieces are in danger from the same piece.
He moved his queen and caught me in a fork.
fork
Verb
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To split, become two.
The road forks there.
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To move something with a fork.
He forked food into his mouth.