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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.
court
Noun
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A court is an open space where certain games are played.
Tennis is played on a court.
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The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace.
The noblemen visited the queen in her court.
court
Verb
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When one person courts another, that person does things to get the other to like him or her.
The boy sent flowers to court the girl.
found
Verb
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To start some type of organization or company.
They founded the company in 2003.
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To begin building.
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To melt.
her
Pronoun
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You use her instead of the name of a person, to talk about a woman or girl. (used in the object or complement position, never as a subject)
This is Susan's book. Give it to her.
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If you say something is her thing, you mean it belongs to a particular woman or girl.
It is her book, not mine,
guilty
Adjective
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If you are guilty of something, you did it. This is usually for doing a bad thing.
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If you feel guilty you feel bad about something you did.
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If you are found guilty of a crime, a court of law said you did do that crime.