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arrive
Verb
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If you arrive somewhere, you come to that place, usually the place that you planned to go to.
Is everything ready? I expect the guests to arrive soon.
Please arrive at the airport at least 2 hours before your flight.
We arrive in New York at 10:52.
They asked us to arrive early to help get ready for the party.
Different people thinking about the same question often arrive at the same answer.
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If something arrives somewhere, it comes to that place, usually the place that it was supposed to go to.
Five days later a letter arrived by Federal Express.
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If a time or event arrives, it moves from the future into the present.
Finally the day arrived for him to come home.
at
Preposition
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Used to describe where something is, or when saying something's position
I am at home.
Let's meet at the pub!
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The time at which something happened or will happen
Breakfast is at 9 o'clock.
At 5pm we went home.
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Indicating something's state
At half price!
Water boils at high temperatures.
at
Symbol
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The @ symbol, used to replace at
support@microsoft.com is an email address.
Apples @ £1.50 per kilogram.
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.
goal
Noun
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A goal is something you want to do or be able to do.
I want to go to university and this will help me achieve that goal.
Scientists' ultimate goal is a theory of everything.
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A goal is a place that you want to be or that you are moving towards.
Our goal is Paris.
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A goal is the area where you want to put the ball in certain games such as soccer or hockey.
It's unclear whether the regular keeper will start in goal.
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A goal is scored when the ball enters the goal.
They beat second-placed Cambridge 2-1 with Mutch scoring the winning goal in the 82nd minute.