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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.
part
Noun
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A part of something is one piece of it or a small amount of it.
As a part of this team, you need to come to practice regularly.
Part of the page was gone, so I couldn't read it.
I don't have the right part to fix your computer, but we've ordered it.
part
Verb
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If A and B part, they were together and now they are not.
My wife and I parted after our son died.
We didn't want to part with the house, but we had to sell it.
He parted the leaves and looked up at the bird.
time
Noun
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Time is what we measure with a clock.
"What time do you finish work?" "At four o'clock (4:00)."
I don't have time to talk to you right now. Can we do it later?
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If you do something one time, you do it once.
time
Verb
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If you time something, you measure how long it takes in seconds, minutes, hours, etc.
Take out your watch and time yourself during the test.
job
Noun
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A job is an activity that you do, usually, regularly and for pay.
She got a good job as a manager in a book store.
She does the same job as George, and she does it faster and better.
Son, come here. I have a job for you before you start watching TV.
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A job is a task that a computer performs.
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A job is a plastic surgery that is done on someone. Usually used with another word to form a noun.
John just had a nose job.