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look
Verb
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Someone looks at something when they move their head or move their eyes so that they can see the thing.
Look at this picture! Isn't it beautiful?
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The way that something looks is the way that it appears.
A new car looks very nice until it gets dirty.
That doughnut looks delicious.
over
Preposition
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Something is over when it has finished, usually referring to an event.
When the movie was over we left the movie theater.
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In a location above something.
He stepped over the dog.
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From one side to the other.
They went over the bridge.
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If you invite someone over, you invite them to your house.
They had him over for tea.
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A number divided by another.
Eight over two is four.
over
Noun
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An over in a cricket match is six balls bowled from one end.
The captain told me I would have to bowl the next over.
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.
fence
Noun
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A fence is like a thin wall that is not part of a building. It stops people or animals from going from one outdoors place to another. It may have many big holes that you can see through, but not big enough for people to walk through.
We put up a tall fence around the yard so that the dog couldn't get out.
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A fence is a person who buys things from people who stole the things, and then sells the things again to other people.
I don't think anyone will steal this, because they wouldn't get much money for it. They'd have to sell it to a fence.
fence
Verb
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When someone fences a piece of land, they put up a fence around it.
This field has been fenced for years, because they used to keep cows here.
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When someone fences, they fight with swords as a sport.
I can hear the sound of the swords hitting each other, from people fencing in the gym.
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When someone fences something, they sell it to a fence.
We can't give you back what we stole. We fenced it.