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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.
cool
Adjective
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If something is cool, its temperature is between warm and cold.
It's hard to keep the house nice and cool on a hot summer's day.
The air was cool, so he put on his jacket.
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If you say something is cool you mean it is good and you like it.
That's a really cool cell phone! Where did you get it?
Wow, your computer looks cool!
cool
Verb
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If you cool something, you decrease the temperature.
Blow on the coffee to cool it off.
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If something cools, its temperature decreases.
The soup was too hot, so he waited for it to cool a little.
in
Preposition
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Used to show that something is inside something else.
The cat is in the box.
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Used to show that someone is at home, or is available.
Is John in?
The Doctor is now in.
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Used to show movement towards the inside.
The rain came in through the window.
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.
shade
Noun
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The shade is the darker place under a tree or other thing, where the sun is not shining.
She rested in the shade of the tree because she felt hot.
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A shade is the slight difference between colors.
shade
Verb
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If something is shaded, it is shielded from light.
The old tree shaded the animals from the sun.
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If something is shading, it is approaching something slightly.
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If you shade something in a drawing, you darken it.
Mary started shading in the outlines of the house in her drawing.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
tree
Noun
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A tree is a tall plant of wood.
I'm going to climb a tree.
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A tree is a map of ideas that looks like the plant.
My family tree shows how I am related to all my family members.
tree
Verb
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(uncommon) If you tree something, you chase it up into a tree.