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as
Preposition
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A word that is used to compare two things that are equal.
As you know, we need more workers.
I baked the cake as my mother used to.
The room looks just as it did when I was a child.
The speech, as he remembered it, was very powerful.
Interesting as it seems, I don't think I'll get it.
He was as big as a mountain.
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A word that is used to show that two things happened at the same time.
Just as I went out, it started to rain.
We sleep as the world turns in darkness.
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A word that is used to show why something happens.
As I couldn't understand French, I didn't watch the film.
as
Adverb
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A word that is used to compare two things that are equal. (Used before adjectives)
You are younger than I am, but nearly as tall.
This is not as good as it was last time.
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.
musician
Noun
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A musician is a person who makes music. Most often, this is someone whose job is to make music for other people.
My cousin is a musician for an orchestra in Texas.
There were five musicians in the band.
he
Pronoun
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A person or animal that we do not know the gender of.
Kill that spider, before he gets away!.
he
Noun
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A he refers to a male person.
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He is the name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets such as Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others.
have
Verb
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Someone has something if the thing is in their hands. The person is holding or gripping it.
Do you have a spoon, or do you need me to give you one so you can eat the soup?
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If you have uto/u do something, you must do it.
I have to go.
I had to do it.
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Someone has something if the thing is that person's thing: the person owns it; it belongs to the person.
The rich family has a big house.
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If you have you hold something in the mind.
I have a doubt about him.
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If you have you join something.
We have lunch at 13:00.
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You use have to say that you suffer from something or to tell the experience.
I have a defective vision. (I don't see well.)
He had a wonderful time with his friends.
no
Adverb
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used to disagree or refuse (not accept).
No, I do not fish.
I'm I ready? No, I still have some things to do first.
no
Determinative
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Not any.
There is no water left.
No hot dogs were sold yesterday.
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Not any possibility or allowance of (doing something).
No smoking
There's no stopping her once she gets going.
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Not; not properly, not really; not fully.
My mother's no fool.
Working nine to five every day is no life.
peer
Noun
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A peer is someone of the same level as you.
I have peers in school that often help me when I need their help.
peer
Verb
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When you peer at something, you look at it with difficulty and concentration. Usually a small thing or a small text