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merry
Adjective
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If you are merry you feel happy.
We were all feeling very merry that night.
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If something is merry it makes people happy.
I am wishing you a merry Christmas!
His family will be going back to merry old England soon.
Christmas
Proper noun
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Christmas is a Christian holiday to celebrate the birth of Christ, usually on Dec. 25.
Santa put lots of presents under the Christmas tree.
I've got a week's holiday around Christmas time.
and
Conjunction
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You use and to talk about two things at once.
I like singing and reading.
Mary and Jane went on a holiday together.
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You use and when you are listing a few things and you are now on your last item of the list.
I like singing, reading, cycling and playing soccer.
I used to like this girl from my class as she is pretty, gentle and caring.
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And is used when you are putting two sentences together.
She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left.
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Used to show what happened after something else.
The alarm went off and I woke up.
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And is used to join certain numbers together.
Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.
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.
happy
Adjective
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When you feel happy, you feel positive, usually because something nice has happened.
He was happy.
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Causing happiness.
Her room is happy.
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Lucky.
It was a happy chance that they met there.
new
Adjective
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If something is new, it is not old.
They had a new car.
In 1900, the idea was very new.
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If somebody is new, they are not experienced.
They hired a new worker.
year
Noun
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A measure of the time taken for the earth to circle the sun - any 12 month period
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There are 12 months in one year
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There are 365 days in one year and sometimes 366 days