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hammer
Noun
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A hammer is a heavy tool for pushing a nail into wood.
When you have only a hammer, all things seem like nails.
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A hammer is a moving part of a gun that hits the firing pin to make the gun fire.
hammer
Verb
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If you hammer something, you push a nail into wood using a hammer.
He hammered so hard that the building moved a little.
and
Conjunction
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You use and to talk about two things at once.
I like singing and reading.
Mary and Jane went on a holiday together.
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You use and when you are listing a few things and you are now on your last item of the list.
I like singing, reading, cycling and playing soccer.
I used to like this girl from my class as she is pretty, gentle and caring.
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And is used when you are putting two sentences together.
She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left.
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Used to show what happened after something else.
The alarm went off and I woke up.
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And is used to join certain numbers together.
Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.
pick
Verb
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When you pick something, you choose it.
I have picked the best people to work on this job.
This was picked as the best new toy of the year.
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If you pick up something, you lift it.
She picked up the glass and put it down again.
Pick your clothes up off the floor!
The baby's crying. Can you pick him up?
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If you pick up the phone, you answer it.
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If you pick something up from somewhere, you go and get it.
Mom, can you pick me up from Austin's at 8:00?
I'll go an pick up a pizza.
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If you try to pick up someone you have just met, you talk to them because you want to have sex with them.
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If you pick fruit, flowers, etc., you take them off the plant.
We spent the morning picking apples in the forest.
Please help me pick up the books that I've dropped.
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If you pick something from somewhere, you take it out of or away from that place.
After dinner he picked the rice out of the children's hair.
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If you pick a musical instrument such as a guitar, you play it by pulling its strings and letting them go.
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If you pick at something, you touch it many times without doing anything.
He was too sick to eat and just picked at his food.
She picked nervously at her dress.
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If you pick on someone, you are not nice to them in particular.
He was picked on by his brothers for his small size.
pick
Noun
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A pick is a choice.
His pick for Man of the Year was John Smith.
You have your pick of the rooms. Which one do you want?
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A pick is a tool used to dig.
He dug that hole using a pick.
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A pick is something used to play a guitar with.
He forgot his guitar pick.