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we
Pronoun
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The person speaking and other people with him or her.
"Are you and Mia still going?" "No, were finished."
We went to Paris together.
We ought to help.
Let's go. We need to talk to Mark.
We won our football game.
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People in general.
We need to think about other people more.
we
Determiner
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The person speaking and other people with him or her.
We Canadians don't act that way.
had
verb
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(auxiliary) Used to form the pluperfect tense, expressing a completed action in the past (with a past participle).
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(auxiliary, now, _, rare) As past subjunctive: would have.
had
adjective
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(informal) Duped.
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(obsolete) Available.
a
Determinative
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A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type.
Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".
a
Noun
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A is the first letter of the alphabet.
The letter "a" comes before "b".
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In some schools, an A is a very high grade.
Ron got an A on his earth science test.
lot
Noun
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A lot of something is a large amount of it.
I have a lot of things to say.
He caused lots of trouble.
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To a large degree
Running is lots more fun when the weather is cool.
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Often
He used to come here a lot, but he doesn't anymore.
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A lot is a piece of land, usually small.
They are constructing a building on this lot.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
snow
Noun
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Snow is precipitation (falling water) that is white and frozen.
I love the snow.
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A snow is a time when snow falls from the sky.
The snows of winter will soon come.
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A shade of the color white.
snow
Verb
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If it is snowing, snow is coming down from the sky.
It snowed last night and everything is white now.
last
Adjective
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Something is last in a row or in time if there are other things before it but no more things after it.
I was the last person to go there: when I went, the others were all already there.
My house is the last house at the end of the street.
last
Determiner
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Last week, month, year, etc. is the one that comes before this one.
I didn't see you last week.
last
Verb
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To endure, continue over time.
Summer seems to last longer each year.
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To hold out, continue undefeated or entire.
I don't know how much longer we can last without reinforcements.
Christmas
Proper noun
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Christmas is a Christian holiday to celebrate the birth of Christ, usually on Dec. 25.
Santa put lots of presents under the Christmas tree.
I've got a week's holiday around Christmas time.