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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.
signal
Noun
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A picture, or a light, or a movement of a hand, or other thing that tells people to do something.
When I make this signal with my hand, everybody walk to the front of the room.
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A picture, or a light, or a movement of a hand, or something else that lets someone recognize another person, a ship, an airplane or something else.
The sailor saw the signal on the other ship and so recognized it was the enemy.
signal
Verb
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When someone or something signals to someone, they use a signal to tell the person something.
The red light signals to the cars to stop.
is
Verb
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A form of the verb be when talking about someone or something else.
He is late for class.
Is it hot in here?
weak
Adjective
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Weak is used to describe something that does not have a lot of strength.
The child was too weak to move the boulder.
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Something that is weak does not have a strong taste.
This tea tastes weak and watery. Do you have anything stronger?
here
Preposition
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In this place, the current location.
Why are you looking over there for the book? It's right here.