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it's
Contraction
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The contraction of "it is".
Bring you coat. It's raining.
"Where's the book?" "It's on the teacher's desk."
"What's that?" "This? It's just a piece of paper."
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The contraction of "it has".
It's been a long time since I've had cake.
birthday
Noun
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The day you were born.
They will need your birthday on the application.
My birthday is September 14, 1972.
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The same day of the year you were born, happening every year. Often there is a party for a person's birthday.
My birthday is September 14.
We celebrated my birthday a week late this year.
today
Pronoun
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Today is the current day, the day that is happening now, the day between yesterday and tomorrow.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
I have class today.
Today's meeting should be short.
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Today is modern times; the present in general.
Today we don't have many of the old problems but we have many new ones.