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night
Noun
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Night is the opposite of day. It is the time between sunset and sunrise when the sky is dark.
During the day, we'll go hiking on John Doe Mountain. At night, we'll come back to the hotel and get some sleep.
There was a terrible accident in the night that woke all of us up.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
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.
demon
Noun
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} A demon is an evil spirit.
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A demon is a fallen angel or satanic being; a false god.
He said a demon appeared magically and told him to do these evil things.
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A demon is a person's inner spirit or genius, a daimon.
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A demon is a flaw in a person's character.
The demon of stupidity haunts me whenever I open my mouth.
III
Number
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III or iii is the Roman numeral for three (3).
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III after a name means the third.
"Pope Innocent III" is said as "Pope Innocent the third".