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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
take
Verb
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If you take an action, you do it.
I took a walk with my dog. = I walked with my dog.
I'm going to take a rest. = I'm going to rest.
I go out after I take a shower. = I'll go out after I shower.
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If you take something or someone, you bring them from one place to another.
I don't want this. Can you take it away, please?
My son was sick, so I took him to the doctor.
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If mathx/math takes money, time, etc., you need to use that for mathx/math.
If we go to your house, it will take one hour.
That was fun, and it didn't take too much money.
take
Noun
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A person's take is his view of something.
What is your take on that recent movie? Did you enjoy it?
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A take is the reward or profit you get from doing something.
If help you with this task, I [demand you give me part of your take.
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A take is part of a performance which is recorded without a break.
The director was not happy with the first take, so we had to do it again.
a
Determinative
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A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type.
Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".
a
Noun
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A is the first letter of the alphabet.
The letter "a" comes before "b".
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In some schools, an A is a very high grade.
Ron got an A on his earth science test.
break
Verb
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If you break something, you make it come apart in a way that cannot easily be put back together, usually by force.
He injured his leg and broke his arm during the crash.
When my brother died, my family broke apart.
The airplane broke apart in the sky over Hawai'i.
When the ice broke underneath me, I said to myself, I'm in trouble.
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If something such as a machine breaks, it stops working because something is wrong.
My car breaks down about once a week.
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If you break a law, rule, promise, etc. you do something that you should not do.
The police can't do anything if no laws are broken.
These are the rules. Don't break the rules and I won't send you home.
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If you break a surface, limit, record, etc., you go beyond it.
In 1954 he set a new record of 3:59.4, breaking the old record by more than five minutes.
Wilson broke barriers for women in journalism at a time when newsrooms were mostly male.
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If you break free or out of something, you could not leave but now you leave.
The police are looking for some prisoners who broke out of the jail.
One of the dogs broke loose and ran at her.
When she closed the door, everyone broke into laughter.
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If you break, you stop for a short time to rest.
We break for coffee at 10:00 every morning.
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If day or morning breaks, it begins.
The day was breaking as they packed up the tent.
Dawn was just breaking when Helga Schneider climbed out of bed.
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If you break something, you stop it suddenly.
The sound of the door closing broke the silence.
I didn't know my father, but with my son, I want to break that cycle of fathers leaving their sons.
The show had been so magical that people didn't want to leave the theater, didn't want to break the spell.
Smoking is such a hard habit to break.
Mike had to leave to break up a fight between Ronni and Bridget.
The rain finally broke on Monday evening.
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If news breaks, it becomes known.
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If your voice breaks, it changes because you are almost crying.
"I wanted to say goodbye before he died", she said, her voice breaking.
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If you break some money, you change a note into coins.
I don't want to break a twenty just to buy matches.
break
Noun
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A break is a time when something stops before starting again.
We get a 15-minute break in the middle of the morning.
I'll phone you during my lunch break.
We're going to take a one-minute commercial break and we'll be right back.
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A break (up) is an end of a relationship.
We didn't see each other for years after the break up.
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A break is a space between something continuous.
The sun shone through a break in the clouds.
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A break is a situation in which things are not as difficult.
That job opening up just when she finished school was a lucky break for her.
Give me a break.
The new law would give middle-income families a $2,000 tax break.
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A break is a place where something is broken.
The break in his leg could be seen clearly on the x-ray.
at
Preposition
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Used to describe where something is, or when saying something's position
I am at home.
Let's meet at the pub!
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The time at which something happened or will happen
Breakfast is at 9 o'clock.
At 5pm we went home.
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Indicating something's state
At half price!
Water boils at high temperatures.
at
Symbol
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The @ symbol, used to replace at
support@microsoft.com is an email address.
Apples @ £1.50 per kilogram.
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.
next
Adjective
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The next thing is the one after this one.
I saw her again the next day.
The advances in technology will be amazing in the next decade or so.
When this is completed, the next step will be to edit everything carefully.
She plans to leave the company in the next two years.
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The next place is the one beside, or on the other side of this one.
No, this is number 12, number 14 is the next house.
Be quiet, the children are sleeping in the next room.
next
Adverb
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After something in order.
Next, we have the 6:00 news.
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The time after this one.
The woman was next seen in the office 4 days later.
It was performed next the following year.
next
Preposition
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Beside something
She stood next to the window.
next
Determiner
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Next week, month, year, etc. is the one that follows this one.
I'll see you again next week.
petrol
Noun
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Petrol is a liquid fuel made from oil.
I don't care whether the car's got a diesel engine or a petrol engine as long as it'll get me from A to B.
Drivers are lining up for hours in front of petrol stations.
Petrol prices are on the way up again with Shell pushing prices at the pumps to more than £2.34p.
Let's hope the car doesn't run out of petrol.
station
Noun
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A station is a place where many trains or buses stop and people buy tickets and get on.
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A station is a place where a person stays in one place and works.
station
Verb
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If you station someone, you place them to do a task.