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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.
slim
Adjective
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When someone is slim, they are thin and not fat.
She is so slim that she looks like a wooden stick.
shady
Adjective
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If something is shady, it is in or full of shade.
It was shady under the tree.
LP
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noun
a long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm