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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.
pair
Noun
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A pair is two things that go together.
She has many pairs of shoes, but she only has one pair of pants.
Those two make a lovely pair, don't they.
pair
Verb
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If you pair two people or things, you put them together.
Young women were often paired with older men.
They paired up at the dance.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
boots
noun
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(dated) A servant at a hotel etc. who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes.
Boots
properNoun
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A British pharmacy chain