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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.
royal
Adjective
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To be royal means that someone is of a monarch or their family.
royal
Noun
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A royal is someone of noble birth or a member of a royal family.
Netherlands
Proper noun
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The Netherlands is a country in Europe.
The man lives in the Netherlands.
academy
Noun
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An academy is an educational organization, similar to a university or college.
She passed the exams to enter the local academy.
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An academy is a place for special training, such as a military academy.
I learnt about horses at the riding academy.
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An academy is a group of experts in a particular field of arts or science, who regulate and promote their speciality.
He was made an honorary member of The Academy of American Poets.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
sciences
noun
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All the fields of science, collectively.
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.
arts
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noun
studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
the college of arts and sciences