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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.
hand
Noun
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Your hands are the parts of your body at the end of your arms. A hand has four fingers and a thumb.
Mother, I'm afraid, please hold my hand.
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Clock hands are pointed needles that show what time it is.
The long hand is pointing to the 4, which refers to how many hours have passed. The short hand is pointing to the 7, which refers to how many groups of 5 minutes have passed. The time is therefore 4:35.
hand
Verb
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If I hand you something, I give it to you.
Please hand me that tool. I can't reach it.
that
Determiner
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Used to show which thing we are talking about; used with things that are not close to the speaker.
Give me that book, not this one.
Give me that, not this.
That dog is hungry.
that
Subordinator
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used to link a subordinate clause to a main one
You said that you liked me.
Give me the book that I dropped.
rocks
noun
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(slang) Money.
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(vulgar, slang) Testicles.
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crack cocaine
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.
cradle
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verb
hold gently and carefully
He cradles the child in his arms
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noun
a baby bed with sides and rockers
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noun
(= birthplace)
where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
the birthplace of civilization
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noun
birth of a person
he was taught from the cradle never to cry
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verb
run with the stick
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verb
bring up from infancy
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verb
cut grain with a cradle scythe
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verb
wash in a cradle
cradle gold
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verb
hold or place in or as if in a cradle
He cradled the infant in his arms
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noun
(= rocker)
a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold