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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.
dance
Verb
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If you dance, you move your body to music.
He danced with the princess to the music of Mozart.
The performers danced and sang.
dance
Noun
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Dance is body movement done to music.
He has an interesting dance he does while listening to that song.
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A dance is an event where people come together to dance.
Are you going to the dance?