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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.
fat
Adjective
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If a person or animal is fat, it is big and heavy because it has too much fat.
I got really fat when I was in university because I ate every meal at McDonalds.
fat
Noun
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animal tissue with a high oil content, used for long-term storage of energy.
Let's get the light cheese. It only has 15% fat. The regular cheese has 35%.
lip
Noun
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The edge of an opening, especially, the human mouth (often plural).
She climbed over the lip of the hole.
John licked his lips.
The window had a wide lip below it that collected dust.
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A disrespectful response.
Don't give me any lip.