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let's
verb
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Used to form the hortative of verbs, equivalent of the first-person plural imperative in some other languages.
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let us; forming first-person plural imperative
sit
Verb
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When you sit, your body is not standing, but is in a position so that your bottom is on something.
I sit on a chair at the table.
He sat on the ground.
We sat her at the head of the table.
down
Preposition
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Toward the earth, away from the sky.
What goes up on earth must fall down.
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Toward the bottom.
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Towards a smaller price, number, amount, etc.
I'm going to buy a computer once prices go down.
down
Noun
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Down is soft feathers or a covering of soft feathers.
That pillow is full of down.
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.