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grateful
Adjective
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If you are grateful for or about something, you want to say, "thank you" because of it.
I'm very grateful for your kindness during this difficult time.
dead
Adjective
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Not alive.
My brother is dead. His funeral was last week.
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Without power.
The problem is a dead battery.
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Without feeling, numb.
My arm is dead. I cannot feel it.
dead
Adverb
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Exactly, completely.
He thinks you are a woman, but you are a man. He is dead wrong.
from
Preposition
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When something is from someone, the person gave or sent it.
I got a gift from my grandmother today.
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When someone is from a place, that's where they started.
I am Chinese. I come from Hunan province.
Sorry I'm late. I just came from school.
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You use from to talk about distances between thing in space or time.
Saturn is far from earth.
School is 5km from my home.
The year 2515 is a long time from now.
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.
Mars
Proper noun
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Mars is known as the red planet in our solar system.
Mars is a very red planet.
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In Roman mythology, Mars is the god of war. He is known as Ares in Greek mythology.
hotel
Noun
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A hotel is a place where people pay to stay in a room overnight, usually for only a few days.
We fly to Taipei and stay at the Hilton hotel for three days and two nights.