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approximately
Adverb
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Approximately is close to, but not exactly.
Approximately $150 million is to be spent on improvements.
half
Noun
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A half is 1/2 of a whole; 50%.
Sales were down from January to June but jumped in the second half of the year.
Half a year later, the baby was born.
A half minute after the game started, the rain began.
It took us an hour and a half to get the bike working again.
The city was about half the size of Vancouver.
More than half the money came from the government.
It's cost us three and a half thousand dollars.
We'll meet at half past two.
It's two and a half times as big as the old one.
The coach changed the goal keeper at half time.
The same car might cost about half as much again as in Britain.
These cookies are not half as good as the ones your mum makes.
The apples are half price today.
When I phoned, he was still half asleep.
The glass was half full.
Since the early 1980s the army's strength and budget have been cut in half .
The car was half on the road when it was hit.
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A half is one part of a game that is divided into two parts.
At the end of the first half, Japan is leading Iran by two points.
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A half is one end of a sports field.
He kicked the ball deep into New England's half.
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A half is a player who plays in the middle part of the field in sports like football, rugby, etc.
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.
day
Noun
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A day is a measure of time.
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24 hours
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Seven days make one week
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The time between midnight and the following midnight (or between sunset and sunset in Jewish reckoning)
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The time between sunrise and sunset, when it is daylight
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The part of a day spent at work or school
He spent two days at work means that on two days he went to work; he did not spend 48 hours at work.