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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?
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.
air
Noun
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Air is a mixture of gases. It has no color or odor (smell)
We breathe air to live.
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You put on airs when you act arrogantly.
The woman put on the airs in front of her friends.
air
Verb
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If you air something, you broadcast it, either over the radio, or on television.
Hurry! You'll miss the story about homeless children that is about to air on the local news!
conditioning
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noun
a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment
working
Noun
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The workings of something is how it functions.
He showed us the machine's inner workings.