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colon
Noun
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The colon is a part of the digestive system.
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A colon is the sign :. It is often used in a sentence to indicate the beginning of a list.
Her grocery list had three items: bread, milk, and cheese.
bypass
Noun
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A bypass is a way to get around something, often used in medicine.
He will need a heart bypass to survive.
bypass
Verb
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To bypass is to go around an object in order to avoid it.
The road was closed so we needed to bypass it with a side street.
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.
esophagus
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noun
the passage between the pharynx and the stomach