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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.
seven
Determiner
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(ordinal seventh) The number 7.
There are seven days in one week.
seven
Noun
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The number 7.
wonder
Verb
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If you wonder about something, you think about it because you want to know more about it.
I wonder when they will be home.
You know, it makes you wonder whether something could be done about it.
I wonder if there's any way you can actually check.
Is he really working every night? I wonder.
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You use "wonder if/whether" to ask for or suggest something.
I wonder if you could give me a hand with the door.
I was wondering whether you would mind making room for a third person at your table.
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If you don't wonder something, you expect it.
I don't wonder you've had problems with that old car.
wonder
Noun
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A wonder is something that makes a person think.
It is a wonder why he ran away.
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A wonder is something that is amazing.
The Pyramids are quite a wonder.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
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.
world
Noun
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The Earth.
Our world needs to be cared for.
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The .
I love you more than anybody else in the world.
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The setting of a group of people.
They were in their own world as they talked about trains nobody else knew about.
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A planet.
I wonder if there is life on other worlds.