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adjust
Verb
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If you adjust something, you change it a little so that it fits or works better.
I had to adjust the cupboard door so that is would close easily.
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If you adjust, you change the way you behave or think to suit a new situation.
I had to adjust to the way of living here.
They found it hard adjusting to life in a new country.
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.
difference
Noun
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The quality of being different.
You need to learn to accept differences in people.
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A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.
There are three differences between these two pictures.
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A disagreement or argument.
The people had to settle their differences before they could work together.