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in
Preposition
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Used to show that something is inside something else.
The cat is in the box.
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Used to show that someone is at home, or is available.
Is John in?
The Doctor is now in.
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Used to show movement towards the inside.
The rain came in through the window.
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.
egg
Noun
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An egg is a common food that is ball-shaped and can have a baby animal inside, such as a chicken, a fish, a snake, etc.
I had a boiled egg for breakfast.
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An egg is a cell in the female's body that can become a baby when it is joined by a male cell.
egg
Verb
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To throw eggs at something.
On Halloween, naughty children egg houses.