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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.
satanic
Adjective
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If something is satanic, it has to do with Satan.
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If someone or something is satanic, it is evil, devilsh or fiendish.
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If something is satanic, it has to do with Satanism.
Last Sunday he went to a satanic ritual instead of church.
verse
Noun
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Words that use rhythm and good sounds, like the words of a song but with no music.
It was a book of verse.
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A very little part of the Bible.
That is found in the Gospel of John, chapter 3, verse sixteen.
verse
Verb
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If you verse, then you study a subject in depth.
He has become well versed in the classics.