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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.
real
Adjective
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A thing that is true is real.
Strange as the story sounded, the story was real.
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Something that is not artificial is real.
The nice shoes were of real leather.
blonde
Noun
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A blonde is someone who has fair (light colored) skin and hair and is usually a woman.
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Blonde is a light yellowish brown color.
blonde
Adjective
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If hair is blonde, it is a color lighter than brown and not red. It may be yellow, golden, or almost white.
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If you are blonde, you have blonde hair.
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Blonde has been used to name other things the are a lighter color than usual.
We made blonde brownies yesterday.
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A light color between yellow and brown.