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how
Adverb
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The word "how" is a question word, to ask about the way something happens or the way people do things.
How will we ever solve this problem?
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The word "how" is used to tell about the way something happens or the way people do things.
I know how we can solve this problem?
This is how to make this machine work.
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used to show that you feel strongly about something.
How old he looks!
how
Subordinator
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You use how to tell that something happens, is done, or is true.
She told him how it wasn't fun anymore.
much
Determiner
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Much is a lot of; a large amount of; a high degree
I don't have much money.
I don't like the cider very much.
I know how much he loves everybody in the house.
You're not much better than he is.
She was much more fun after a few drinks.
This is almost as much fun as last week.
We bought another one, but the cost was much greater.
I don't think it matters much what you study.
Thank you very much!
Much attention has been given to the question of where the money should go.
He's very much the Englishman.
did
Verb
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The past tense of do as an auxiliary verb.
Where did you go for your holiday?
She did not like the movie.
it
Pronoun
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used to refer to an object without identifying or describing it; the object might have been described earlier in the text.
The house was very big. It had many rooms.
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used to describe the weather
It is very hot today.
I'm staying in because it is raining
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used to describe a situation in general
I don't like it when people tell me to do something.
It is hard to find a job.
it
Abbreviation
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It can be a short way of writing:
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# Italy or Italian
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# Information Technology, the use of computers
cost
Noun
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The cost of something is the price that a person pays for it.
What is the cost of the car?
cost
Verb
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When you say that a thing costs, you say that one must pay in order to buy it.
That diamond ring costs a great deal of money.
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One may say that an action costs a certain bad result.
It cost me my job when I broke the machine.
To commit a crime will cost you.
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When you estimate a cost or set a cost, you cost a thing.
The repair man costed the work to fix the car.