Englishfor English speakers
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.
bund
noun
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league or confederacy
bund
noun
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A secondary enclosure, typically consisting of a wall or berm, which surrounds a tank or fluid-handling mechanism, intended to contain any spills or leaks.
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(India) A perennial ("wet") or seasonal ("dry") pond constructed in a depression and in which fish are stored, typically for breeding.
bund
verb
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To provide berms or other secondary enclosures to guard against accidental fluid spills within.
Bund
properNoun
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A waterfront area in central Shanghai.
Bund
properNoun
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A secular Jewish socialist party in the Russian Empire, active between 1897 and 1920.
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Any related movements in other countries, such as the still-existing Australian Bund, etc..