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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.
sorrow
Noun
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Sorrow is sadness or unhappiness.
The mother felt extreme sorrow when her son was killed in the war.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
young
Adjective
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If you are young, you have not lived a long time.
She was only a young girl.
The young lion plays with his brothers and sisters.
He is very young.
They were friends from his young manhood.