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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.
man
Noun
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A man is a male human.
He was a young man with blue eyes.
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A human being of either sex; a person.
God cares for all races and all man
God made man in his own image
Scientists and biologists think that man and animals evolved over the years, and that man evolved from a "human" species such as "homo erectus" or "neanderthals" and that man first stood up, millions of years ago, but this isn't true
man
Interjection
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You use man to show your surprise or disappointment.
Oh man, I wanted to do the dishes!
who
Pronoun
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You use who to add a clause to explain more about the person or people you're talking about.
They are good people who are working hard.
We saw Kim, who was in his car.
We asked everybody who was there.
It was you who lost the keys, not me.
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You use who to ask about a person or people.
Who was on the phone?
Whos your new teacher?
Who did you meet today?
He told me who was there.
I'll ask who can help us.
cry
Verb
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To shout loudly or suddenly.
They cried for us to stop.
cry
Noun
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A cry is a loud shout or scream.
She gave a little cry of fear.
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A period of shedding tears.
He had a good cry.