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deal
Noun
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A deal is a business agreement.
The company made a deal with the agents.
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A deal is a situation.
OK, so here's the deal.
deal
Verb
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If you deal with something, such as a problem, you solve it.
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When you deal something, you sell or give or hand it out.
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The exporter deals in food for export to other nations.
with
Preposition
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With is used to show the other people or things present when something happened
I went to school with my brother.
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With is used to describe something added to something else
The cat has a collar with a bell on it.
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With is used to show what thing is used to do something
He hit the nail with a hammer.
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Used to introduce non-finite and verbless clauses.
With the children so sick, we weren't able to get much work done.
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.
devil
Noun
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A devil is an evil monster, god, or mythological being.
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If you say someone is a poor devil, you mean a poor person.
devil
Proper noun
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The Devil is the enemy or God and all people. The devil is the leader or source of evil.
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If someone is called the Devil it means they are a bad person. Usually this is used playfully and not seriously.