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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.
group
Noun
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When more than 2 things or people are together, they make a group.
group
Verb
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To put people or things together to make a group.
people
Noun
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A people is a group of men, women, and children with a shared culture, history, and language.
Although Lebanon and Syria are two countries they are one people.
This people shares some characteristics with the aborigines.
people
Verb
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If a place is peopled, people live there.
It's a wonderful country peopled with amazing cooks and dancers.
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If you people a story, movie, etc. you fill it with people.
He liked to people his books with simple folk.
having
noun
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The act of possessing; ownership.
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Something owned; possession; goods; estate.
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(obsolete) A person's behaviour.
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(obsolete, Scotland, mostly, in the plural) Good manners.
having
adjective
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(obsolete) Grasping; greedy.
approximately
Adverb
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Approximately is close to, but not exactly.
Approximately $150 million is to be spent on improvements.
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.
same
Adjective
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Two things are the same if the two things have one size, and one shape, and one color, etc.
Sometimes we wear the same shirt.
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The one that was talked about before. A thing is the same thing if there are not two things, there is only one.
That man there is the same man I saw yesterday.
age
Noun
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Something's age is how long it has existed or been alive; how old something is.
The boy said he was age five.
Scott is showing his age.
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An age is a time period.
The 1960s was a new age in music.
age
Verb
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To get older.
Lillian has aged gracefully.