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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.
open
Verb
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To move something to the side to allow entrance.
I will open the door for our guests.
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To prepare for business.
She opened the store.
open
Adjective
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Having a hole or opening, not closed.
The door was open.
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Available for business.
The shop is open.
society
Noun
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A society is a large number of people and the way they live, talking together, working with each other and making rules and ways to live. A society can be a town, country or more than one country together, with many people living the same ways.
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A society is an organization or club that people can join.
and
Conjunction
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You use and to talk about two things at once.
I like singing and reading.
Mary and Jane went on a holiday together.
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You use and when you are listing a few things and you are now on your last item of the list.
I like singing, reading, cycling and playing soccer.
I used to like this girl from my class as she is pretty, gentle and caring.
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And is used when you are putting two sentences together.
She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left.
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Used to show what happened after something else.
The alarm went off and I woke up.
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And is used to join certain numbers together.
Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.
its
Pronoun
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Its thing is the thing that belongs to it.
We bought the old car and fixed up its engine.
The moon doesn't make its own light.
"Where's the coffee?" "It's on its way.
enemy
Noun
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If someone is your enemy that person is against you, or does not like you.
I have no enemies that I know of.
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In war the enemy is the country or army that is attacking your country or army.
He was sent to jail because he was working for the enemy.