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where
Preposition
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You use where to ask for the place that something is located.
Where did the man go?
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Where is the place which something is at.
The room where the people cook the food is not cold.
Where I'm from, we don't eat much fish.
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?
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.
bus
Noun
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A bus is a vehicle that carries a large number of people on roads.
He ran to catch the school bus, which had stopped at a corner to pick up more kids.
This bus makes ten stops before arriving at Union Station.
I woke up late and missed my bus this morning.
Tourists didn't usually ride the local bus.
The bus driver took out tickets as we got on at the station.
The two young men boarded a crowded city bus to go home.
She was the first and only passenger at this bus stop.
Round-trip bus fare to and from the ferry terminal was $1.
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A bus is part of a computer; it moves information.
bus
Verb
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If you bus people somewhere, you take them there on a bus.
The children are bused to school every morning.
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If you bus tables, you take away dirty dishes in a restaurant.
stop
Verb
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If you stop, you do not move; you rest.
He stopped after running 2 miles.
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If you stop something or somebody, you prevent them from moving or doing something. You cause the person to cease moving or progressing.
The police tried to stop the criminal, but he was too fast.
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If you stop doing something, you are not doing it anymore. You have ceased doing it.
I stopped playing video games and went back to working on my project.
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If you stop, you come to the end of the time when one is doing something. You start doing a different thing or start doing nothing.
stop
Noun
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A stop is a place where buses, cars, taxis, or other vehicles halt to let passengers board or leave (get on or off).