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your
Pronoun
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Your things are things which belong to you.
Can I eat some of your ice-cream please?
birthday
Noun
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The day you were born.
They will need your birthday on the application.
My birthday is September 14, 1972.
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The same day of the year you were born, happening every year. Often there is a party for a person's birthday.
My birthday is September 14.
We celebrated my birthday a week late this year.
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?
around
Preposition
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If mathx/math is around mathy/math, mathy/math is in the middle and mathx/math is on all sides of mathy/math.
The moon circles around the Earth.
The fence was built around the house.
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.
corner
Noun
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A corner is the place where two lines or edges meet.
They live on the corner of Main Street and Dundas.
Just put it on the table in the corner of the room.
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In business, a corner is a monopoly.
corner
Verb
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To corner someone is to get someone into a place where he or she cannot leave.
Jessy cornered him in the supply room and wouldn't let him leave.
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To go around corners.
The car really corners well. Turns are easy for it.