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blessing
Noun
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A blessing is something that you are grateful for.
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If someone gives you their blessing to do something, they support you.
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A blessing is help from God, or words asking for it.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
the
Determiner
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Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
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Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
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Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
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Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.
throat
Noun
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Your throat is a tube inside your neck. It takes air from your mouth to your lungs.
My throat hurts from singing too much.