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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.
trigger
Noun
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A trigger is the part of a gun that you push with one finger when you want to make the gun shoot.
I didn't want to make him angry, because he had his finger on the trigger.
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A trigger is a little thing that makes something bigger happen.
Bad smells are one of the triggers for my headaches.
trigger
Verb
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A little thing triggers a big thing to happen when it causes it.
Those angry words triggered the beginning of the war.