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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.
article
Noun
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An article is a story or report that you can read in a newspaper, journal, or online.
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An article is a member of a larger group.
A shirt is an article of clothing.
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An article is an object.
leave
Verb
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When you leave a place, you go away from it.
I left the building.
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Something you leave remains where it was.
Two cakes are left.
many
Determiner
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A large number of (something).
There are many people in China.
People are very much animals in many ways.
How many times have I walked down this street?
It was so many years ago that we first met.
There are not many people like him.
As many as 30 per cent of the population carries this disease.
In too many cases, people don't get the care they need.
A great many questions still have no answers.
Some are good, but not very many.
Many of our teachers come from other countries.
questions
noun
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A game in which players must only say questions, and if they don't they lose. Below is an example of how to play.
unanswered
Adjective
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If something is unanswered, it is not answered
The call is unanswered.