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elucidate
Verb
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If you elucidate something, you clarify or make something clear.
George was able to elucidate his son on proper procedures to cook.
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.
mechanism
Noun
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A mechanism is the way something works
This research should help us to understand the mechanisms of memory.
This agreement sets out detailed mechanisms for solving disagreement between the two countries.
These two features combine to create a new data retrieval mechanism.
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A mechanism is one moving system within a larger, more complex machine or organism.
The body has a control mechanism to bring down blood-sugar level when it begins to reach unhealthy peaks.