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meet
Verb
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When you meet someone, you get together with them.
I want to meet you.
He meets me at home every afternoon.
I met you at the store.
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When people meet, they get together with one another.
You and I have met.
She and her friends meet every day.
You and he met last week at school.
with
Preposition
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With is used to show the other people or things present when something happened
I went to school with my brother.
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With is used to describe something added to something else
The cat has a collar with a bell on it.
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With is used to show what thing is used to do something
He hit the nail with a hammer.
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Used to introduce non-finite and verbless clauses.
With the children so sick, we weren't able to get much work done.
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.
rebuff
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verb
(= snub)
reject outright and bluntly
She snubbed his proposal
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noun
a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
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verb
(= repel, fight off, drive back)
force or drive back
repel the attacker
fight off the onslaught
rebuff the attack
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noun
an instance of driving away or warding off