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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.
fine
Adjective
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If something is fine, it is OK, not a problem, or acceptable.
She said it works -- it's fine.
"Can I put it here?" "There? Oh, yes, yes, fine! Put it there."
"How are you?" "Fine, thanks!"
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If something is fine, it is very good in quality.
This is a fine example of how we can work together.
Everyone should be able to enjoy fine music and fine art.
She's one of Spain's finest skiers.
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If the weather is fine, the sun is out and it is not raining or snowing.
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Very, very small.
Grind it into a fine powder.
It's hard to see the fine details.
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if someone is fine, then they are good-looking or attractive.
That woman is so fine!
fine
Adverb
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If something works fine, it works well, or without any problems.
Going there today would suit me fine.
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If you draw or cut something fine, you do it in very small pieces or with small detail.
fine
Noun
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A fine is money that you pay for breaking a rule or the law.
There is a $500 fine for smoking inside.
fine
Verb
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If you fine someone, you make them pay money for breaking a rule or the law.
He was fined $500 for smoking inside.
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To make something finer in quality or size.
The wine will fine with time.
figure
Noun
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Figures are numbers showing the value or amount of something.
The sales figures from the spring were down from last year.
According to the official figures, unemployment levels are about 6 per cent.
You only have to look at the figures for fire deaths in hotels to see this is not a problem.
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A figure is a person, often a well-known person.
They have published articles about many leading figures including John Reed, J.A. Hobson, Tom Mann, and Daniel de Leon.
The figure of Margaret Thatcher towers over the Falklands War.
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A figure is a person, especially the person's shape.
She did not see the figure standing in the shadows of the kitchen doorway.
Across the river is the figure of Lenin on top of an armored car carved of stone.
Her girlish figure had disappeared as she aged, sat more, and ate more.
The most popular boy's toy ever is the G.I. Joe action figure.
He looked down at the wet figures of the boy and dog.
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A figure is a geometric shape.
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A figure is a picture in a textbook or scientific journal. (Often written fig.)
figure
Verb
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If mathx/math figures in something that happens, mathx/math is part of that happening.
The weather figured prominently in their plans.
The fact that he wouldn't be there didn't figure among her worries.
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if you figure something, you think it.
Few people figured that he would win.
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If you figure something out, you think about it until you understand it.
He figured out that she was speaking Italian.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
man
Noun
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A man is a male human.
He was a young man with blue eyes.
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A human being of either sex; a person.
God cares for all races and all man
God made man in his own image
Scientists and biologists think that man and animals evolved over the years, and that man evolved from a "human" species such as "homo erectus" or "neanderthals" and that man first stood up, millions of years ago, but this isn't true
man
Interjection
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You use man to show your surprise or disappointment.
Oh man, I wanted to do the dishes!