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show
Verb
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When you show something, you make it easy for people to see it.
The clock shows the time of day.
Can you show me your ID?
The museum has shown the art of America.
show
Noun
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A show is a display of art, movie, or drama. It can be a play, a movie, a concert, an opera or a television program.
I saw the art show at the museum.
The show at the movie theater was boring.
no
Adverb
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used to disagree or refuse (not accept).
No, I do not fish.
I'm I ready? No, I still have some things to do first.
no
Determinative
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Not any.
There is no water left.
No hot dogs were sold yesterday.
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Not any possibility or allowance of (doing something).
No smoking
There's no stopping her once she gets going.
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Not; not properly, not really; not fully.
My mother's no fool.
Working nine to five every day is no life.
mercy
Noun
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Mercy is the quality of kindness and forgiveness that stops you from harming or punishing somebody who you could harm or punish.
The king would always prefer to show mercy, even to his enemies.
Please, sir, have mercy on an old man.
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A mercy is a situation that it makes you feel lucky, usually because something worse didn't happen.
It was a small mercy that the storm didn't last long.
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A mercy mission or journey is one to help people who are in great need.
They took food and set out on a mercy mission to find survivors.
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If you are at the mercy of somebody or something, you have no control over your situation.
I hope the trip will be nice, but we're at the mercy of the weather.
mercy
Interjection
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You use mercy or mercy me to show surprise.
Mercy! You haven't come here alone, have you?