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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.
water
Noun
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Water is a clear liquid of the chemical compound Hsub2/subO that all living things need in order to live.
The dog drank the water from his dish
Can I please have a glass of water?
Your plant needs more water as it is about to die.
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A water is a bottle or glass serving of water.
"I want to order two waters, waiter".
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Water is mineral water.
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Water is one of the four basic elements.
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Water is urine.
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Water is amniotic fluid.
Right before the woman went into labor, her water broke.
water
Verb
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If you water something, you add water to soil around plants.
He waters the plants.
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If you water something, you give water to animals.
He waters the horses.
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If you water something, you dilute it.
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If something waters, it fills with water; it secretes water.
His eyes watered as he cut up the onion.
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?
nice
Adjective
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If something is nice, it's good and people probably like it.
I didn't know him, but I hear he was a very nice man.
Thank you, sir; have a nice day yourself, sir.
It's great. It's much nicer than your old place.
Thank you for coming! It was so nice to see you again.
and
Conjunction
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You use and to talk about two things at once.
I like singing and reading.
Mary and Jane went on a holiday together.
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You use and when you are listing a few things and you are now on your last item of the list.
I like singing, reading, cycling and playing soccer.
I used to like this girl from my class as she is pretty, gentle and caring.
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And is used when you are putting two sentences together.
She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left.
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Used to show what happened after something else.
The alarm went off and I woke up.
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And is used to join certain numbers together.
Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.
warm
Adjective
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If something is warm, it is a nice temperature between cool and hot.
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It's good to come into a nice warm house on a winter's day.
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She washed her face in the warm water.
warm
Verb
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If you warm something, you increase the temperature.
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At 7:30, the sun came up and warmed them a little.
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Oh, the coffee's cold. Can you warm it up for me?