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palace
Noun
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A palace is the home of a king or queen.
Elizabeth II of England lives in a palace in London, called Buckingham Palace.
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A palace is a big, very grand house, often the home of someone important like a president or bishop.
During the revolution, soldiers guarded the gates of the president's palace.
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.
parliament
Noun
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Parliament is the elected people who work together to make and debate a country's laws.
She was elected to parliament and is now the assistant minister for the environment.
He was formerly an international relations adviser to the Russian parliament.
The Parliament approved the government's proposal for the new classification of illegal drugs.
Six members of the Afghan parliament were killed.
The party now controls two-thirds of the seats in parliament.
A majority of Iraq's parliament supports a U.S. withdrawal.