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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.
Vistula
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noun
a European river; flows into the Baltic Sea
river
Noun
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A channel of water.
We go swimming in the river.
The river bends there.
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A lot of something.
He won a river of votes.