Englishfor English speakers
copulation
—
noun
(= sexual intercourse)
the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur
of
Preposition
—
Made using.
It is a house of cards.
the
Determiner
—
Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
—
Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
—
Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
—
Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.
virtuous
—
adjective
morally excellent
—
adjective
(= pure, vestal, virgin, virginal)
in a state of sexual virginity
pure and vestal modesty
a spinster or virgin lady
men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal
and
Conjunction
—
You use and to talk about two things at once.
I like singing and reading.
Mary and Jane went on a holiday together.
—
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.
—
And is used when you are putting two sentences together.
She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left.
—
Used to show what happened after something else.
The alarm went off and I woke up.
—
And is used to join certain numbers together.
Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.
vicious
Adjective
—
Someone or something that is vicious is evil, immoral, aggressive, or violent.