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Marvin
properNoun
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A en given name.
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A village in North Carolina.
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A town in South Dakota.
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.
paranoid
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adjective
suffering from paranoia
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noun
a person afflicted with paranoia
android
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noun
an automaton that resembles a human being