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give
Verb
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If you give something to someone else, you had the thing and you let the other person have it. Maybe you use your hands to put the thing in the other person's hands. Usually after that, the thing is the other person's thing.
Give me that book, please; I want to read it.
My mother gave me this stone when I was young
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If you give a speech, you talk to a group of people.
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.
gasp
Verb
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To gasp is the act of drawing in the breath suddenly, as if surprised.
The audience gasped as the rabbit came out of the magician's hat.