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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.
wall
Noun
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One side of a house; a high, flat part of a building.
All four walls of the room are painted in blue.
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A solid barrier between two areas.
There is a wall between the two gardens.
Peter fell from the wall.
street
Noun
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A road in a city with buildings on the sides and places where people can walk.
I saw a woman with a dog walking down the street.
journal
Noun
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A journal is a record of what is happening, usually written regularly (e.g., daily, weekly, monthly, etc.), often scientific.
They published their study in the British Medical Journal.
She wrote in her journal on New Year's Day 1922, "The weather is bad and I'm too tired to write today."
journal
Verb
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If you journal, you regularly record what is happening, usually in writing.