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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.
chess
Noun
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Chess is a game played by two people with 16 pieces for each player on a square board made of 64 smaller squares with 8 squares on each side called a chess board.
Are you up for a game of chess?
Chess needs a lot of strategy.
player
Noun
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Someone taking part in a sport or game.
Tom watched as the players walked on to the field.
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Someone who makes music on a musical instrument.
The piano player had long fingers.
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An actor, in particular on a theatre stage.
The players are all on the stage.
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A machine that plays music recordings or movies.
The record player is broken
This CD player was expensive.
Peter bought a DVD player yesterday.