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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.
different
Adjective
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If two or more things are different, they are not like each other, not the same. The two things have two sizes, not both the same size; or they have two shapes, they don't both have one shape; or they each have a color, not just one color for both things; or they are not the like each other in some other way.
The day and night are quite different.
My brother's bike is different from mine.
kettle
Noun
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A container for boiling liquids or cooking food.
William cooked the beans in a kettle.
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A container for boiling water for tea; a teakettle.
Stick the kettle on and we'll have a nice cup of tea.
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A pothole.
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The collective noun for a group of airborne hawks.
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A steam locomotive
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A kettledrum.
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A kettle hole.
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small type boiler
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
fish
Noun
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A fish is an animal that lives in the water and has scales and gills.
When I went fishing, I only caught two fish.
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Fish is the meat of a fish.
White wine goes well with fish.
fish
Verb
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To fish means to catch fish, or to get other things that are in the water.
He fished the ball out of the river.