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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.
adventure
Noun
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If you have an adventure you have a trip with a lot of excitement, hazards, or dangers.
went on an adventure.
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An adventure may be any event where risks are encountered.
adventure
Verb
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To adventure is to go on an adventure; quest; trip.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
three
Determiner
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(ordinal third) The number 3.
A triangle has three sides.
three
Noun
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The number 3.
One and two is three.
englishman
Noun
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An englishman is a male person who is a native of England.
Englishman
Noun
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An Englishman is a native or inhabitant of England.
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.
Russian
Adjective
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If someone or something is Russian, they are from Russia.
The president met with Russian President Medvedev, to talk about U.S. and Russian cooperation.
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If something is Russian, it is typical of Russia.
There aren't many Russian restaurants in Toronto.
Russian
Noun
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Russian is the main language of Russia.
I studied Russian for two years, but in Moscow nobody understood me.
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A Russian is a person from the country Russia.
Bill talked to a Russian man who was visiting .
in
Preposition
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Used to show that something is inside something else.
The cat is in the box.
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Used to show that someone is at home, or is available.
Is John in?
The Doctor is now in.
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Used to show movement towards the inside.
The rain came in through the window.
south
Noun
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The direction opposite to north. For a person looking at the setting sun, the south is on their left hand.
The wind usually comes from the south.
south
Preposition
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One of the four compass directions: 180º from north. If you face south, the sun rises on your left.
Africa is South of Europe.
Africa
Proper noun
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Africa is the continent that is south of Europe, east of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Indian Ocean and north of Antarctica.
Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia.