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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.
hard
Adjective
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If something is hard, it is not soft.
I kicked the wall and hurt my foot. The wall is hard.
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If something is hard, it takes a lot of work to do or understand.
Only two people passed the test because it was so hard.
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If something is hard, it is sudden and sharp.
He took a hard hit to his arm.
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If a drink is hard, it is strong.
Hard liquor
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If something is hard, it cannot be questioned; it is not questionable.
Hard evidence
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If someone is hard, they are severe; they are unfriendly.
hard
Adverb
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If something is done hard, it is done with a lot of effort.
He works hard, all day and all night.
hard
Noun
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A hard is a beach or slope that is firm that is a good place to take a boat out of the water.
but
Coordinator
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You use but to join two ideas and show that they are not the same.
I would take you there, but I do not have my car.
The changes were small but important.
"Do you speak French?" "No, but I speak Spanish."
It says this not in words but in pictures.
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You use but to change the topic.
I understand. And I'm sorry. But there is nothing I can do about it now.
And that's important, but another thing that has changed is the location.
but
Preposition
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except
He ate everything but the meat.
Any day but tomorrow would be fine.
I forgot my bag. I guess there's nothing to do but go back.
but
Adverb
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only
There is but one sun and one earth to live on.
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.
not
Adverb
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"Not" makes the verb of a sentence have the opposite meaning.
I was not there.
I am not fat!
not
Conjunction
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The item before "not" is more correct or better than the item after "not".
I wanted tea, not coffee!
Meaning: I wanted tea. I did not want coffee.
It's stupid, not funny.
Meaning: It is stupid. It is not funny.
not
Interjection
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Used to indicate the sentence before is sarcastic or ironic. This means that the sentence has the opposite meaning.
I like doing lots of boring homework. Not!
Meaning: I do not like doing lots of boring homework.
impossible
Adjective
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If something is impossible it cannot happen or cannot be done.
It is impossible for people to breathe water.
It's impossible for one man to build a whole city in one day.
That shot is impossible, no one could hit the target from here.
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If a person is impossible they refuse to agree or to be peaceful.
No point arguing with you! You're just impossible!