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is
Verb
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A form of the verb be when talking about someone or something else.
He is late for class.
Is it hot in here?
that
Determiner
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Used to show which thing we are talking about; used with things that are not close to the speaker.
Give me that book, not this one.
Give me that, not this.
That dog is hungry.
that
Subordinator
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used to link a subordinate clause to a main one
You said that you liked me.
Give me the book that I dropped.
covered
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adjective
overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
women with covered faces
covered wagons
a covered balcony
by
Preposition
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near or next to.
The mailbox is by the bus stop.
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at some time before (the given time).
Be back by ten o'clock!
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if something is done by somebody, it is done through their action
The matter was decided by the chairman.
The boat was swamped by the water.
He was protected by his body armour.
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if something is created by somebody, they are the creator, author, etc.
There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare.
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shows how someone does something
I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking.
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using the rules or logic of.
I sorted the items by category.
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with a change of. In this case, by shows how much something has changed.
Our stock is up by ten percent.
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shows how slowly, or how quickly, someone does something (used in the form "X by X" or "by Xs")
We went through the book page by page.
We crawled forward by inches.
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If you multiply mathx/math by mathy/math, you multiply mathx/math × mathy/math.
Five multiplied by seven is 35.
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If you divide mathx/math by mathy/math, you find how many mathy/maths are in mathx/math.
35 divided by seven is five.
my
Pronoun
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My things are things that belong to me.
Is this my book, or is it yours?
health
Noun
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If you talk about the health of a person or animal, you are talking about whether they are sick or not.
The doctors believe that the disease will not be a serious danger to public health.
Before you start exercising, you should be in good health.
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If you have health you are not sick (do not have disease) and are not hurt.
insurance
Noun
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Insurance is an agreement where someone pays a small amount of money, and if something bad happens, they get money to help them.
I have fire insurance for my house.