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offering
Noun
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An act of offering.
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Something that has been offered; a sacrifice.
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A contribution given at a religious service.
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.
part
Noun
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A part of something is one piece of it or a small amount of it.
As a part of this team, you need to come to practice regularly.
Part of the page was gone, so I couldn't read it.
I don't have the right part to fix your computer, but we've ordered it.
part
Verb
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If A and B part, they were together and now they are not.
My wife and I parted after our son died.
We didn't want to part with the house, but we had to sell it.
He parted the leaves and looked up at the bird.
time
Noun
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Time is what we measure with a clock.
"What time do you finish work?" "At four o'clock (4:00)."
I don't have time to talk to you right now. Can we do it later?
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If you do something one time, you do it once.
time
Verb
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If you time something, you measure how long it takes in seconds, minutes, hours, etc.
Take out your watch and time yourself during the test.
position
Noun
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The position of something is the place where the thing is.
The position of the table is two metres from the wall.
You're in my way. Please move to a different position.
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A post of employment; a job.
position
Verb
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If you position something somewhere, you put or move it there.
The players positioned themselves on the field.
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If you position something in a situation, you make changes so that it can work in that situation.
The company is now well positioned to take advantage of popularity of online music.