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what
Pronoun
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What is used to ask for information about things.
What did you see?
What do you mean?
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What is used to add a clause with more information.
I don't know what you mean.
I'll tell you what to do.
I'll see what I can do to help.
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What is used when you want to describe something instead of naming it.
Take what you can find.
Can I see what you did?
I could change it if that's what you want.
what
Determinative
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What is used to ask about the member(s) of a group.
What book did you buy?
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What is used to add a clause to identify the member(s) of a group.
I don't know what problems you mean.
I'll tell you what button to push.
I'll see what food I can give.
what
Adjective
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used to show that you feel strongly about something.
What a great book this is!
are
Verb
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Are is the present tense, second person form of the verb be.
Hello John, how are you?
We are all happy.
Are we there yet?
John and Mary are playing.
Are you all hungry?
your
Pronoun
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Your things are things which belong to you.
Can I eat some of your ice-cream please?
salary
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noun
(= wage, pay, earnings)
something that remunerates
wages were paid by check
he wasted his pay on drink
they saved a quarter of all their earnings
expectation
Noun
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An expectation is something you think is going to happen (something you expect to happen).
Zeke's mother had every expectation that he would go to university after high school. So she was surprised when he told her he was joining the military instead.
The doctors told me, "Our expectations are that these tests will not show any serious problems. But we want to do them anyway just to be safe."
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An expectation is something that a person is supposed to do, has to do, or needs to do.
After Latasha forgot to pay her Internet bill, the Internet company told her: "Our expectation is that you will pay on time in the future."
His parents' expectations were that Kyle would clean his room, make his bed, and make dinner every night.
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If you do something in expectation, you do it while waiting for something to happen (you are expecting something).
Before they were married, Bill would wait by the telephone for hours every night in expectation of Monica's next call.
As soon as she was served the chocolate-covered strawberries, her mouth began to water in expectation of how good they would taste.