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halfway Adverb

— If something is halfway done, it is partly done, or partly that way. I was halfway between happy and sad. Don't do the job halfway, get it done. I was halfway home after driving an hour -- I would be home in one more hour. The runner can get water at the halfway point. — If you meet somebody halfway, both of you both agree by accepting part of what the other person is suggesting or offering. Look, I can't afford $100 for it, but I can meet you halfway.

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between Preposition

— If mathx/math is between mathy/math and mathz/math, mathy/math is on one side of mathx/math and mathz/math is on the other side. Georgia is between North Carolina and Florida.

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the Determiner

— Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist. Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book." — Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special. Are you the John Smith that I went to school with? — Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned The poor are always with us. — Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs. You are the best.

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gutter

— noun a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater — noun a tool for gutting fish — noun (= sewer, toilet) misfortune resulting in lost effort or money his career was in the gutter all that work went down the sewer pensions are in the toilet — noun a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.) — verb burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground — verb flow in small streams Tears guttered down her face — verb wear or cut gutters into The heavy rain guttered the soil — verb provide with gutters gutter the buildings

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and Conjunction

— You use and to talk about two things at once. I like singing and reading. Mary and Jane went on a holiday together. — You use and when you are listing a few things and you are now on your last item of the list. I like singing, reading, cycling and playing soccer. I used to like this girl from my class as she is pretty, gentle and caring. — And is used when you are putting two sentences together. She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left. — Used to show what happened after something else. The alarm went off and I woke up. — And is used to join certain numbers together. Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.

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stars noun

— (with "the") Outer space.

Stars properNoun

— 53rd sura of the Qur'an

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