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Ferdinand
Proper noun
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Ferdinand is a male given name.
II
Number
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This is the Roman numeral for two (2). It may be written as II or ii.
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II after a name means the second.
"Pope John Paul II" is said as "Pope John Paul the second".
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.
two
Determiner
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The number 2. Two means more than one and less than three.
We have two eyes and two ears.
two
Noun
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The number 2.
One and one is two.