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excursion
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noun
(= pleasure trip, sashay)
a journey taken for pleasure
many summer excursions to the shore
it was merely a pleasure trip
after cautious sashays into the field
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noun
(= digression)
wandering from the main path of a journey
into
Preposition
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from out to in
I opened the door and stepped into the house.
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.
mountains
noun
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mountain range