Englishfor English speakers
Salish
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noun
a family of Mosan language spoken in northwestern United States and western Canada
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noun
a member of a group of North American Indians speaking a Salishan language and living on the northwest coast of North America
and
Conjunction
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You use and to talk about two things at once.
I like singing and reading.
Mary and Jane went on a holiday together.
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You use and when you are listing a few things and you are now on your last item of the list.
I like singing, reading, cycling and playing soccer.
I used to like this girl from my class as she is pretty, gentle and caring.
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And is used when you are putting two sentences together.
She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left.
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Used to show what happened after something else.
The alarm went off and I woke up.
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And is used to join certain numbers together.
Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.
Kootenai
properNoun
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A small city in Bonner County, Idaho, United States.
tribe
Noun
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A tribe is a social group of families and individuals who live together and have a long shared history.
Most of the younger members of the tribe grew up speaking Spanish.
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.
flathead
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noun
food fish of the Indonesian region of the Pacific; resembles gurnards
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noun
pallid bottom-dwelling flat-headed fish with large eyes and a duck-like snout
nation
Noun
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A nation is a country or a political entity.
Mexico is a nation of emigrants.
The Canadian government is working with the Mohawk nation.