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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.
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!
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
few
Determiner
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Few things are not many things..
very few problems are as big as this.
There are so few good books.
I can't believe how few people are here.
There are so many problems and few are easy.
words
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noun
the words that are spoken
I listened to his words very closely
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noun
(= lyric, language)
the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number
his compositions always started with the lyrics
he wrote both words and music
the song uses colloquial language
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noun
language that is spoken or written
he has a gift for words
she put her thoughts into words
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noun
(= speech)
words making up the dialogue of a play
the actor forgot his speech
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noun
(= quarrel)
an angry dispute
they had a quarrel
they had words