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gospel
Noun
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A gospel is a part or text of the New Testament.
Today's topic in the church was John's gospel.
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A gospel is a message which will probably have a positive effect.
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Gospel is a kind of music.
In church, the choir sang a gospel.
Maria is the best gospel singer in our choir.
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.