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path
Noun
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A path is a way to get to a place. It is like a small road, often made of dirt.
That path leads into the woods.
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A path is the way something moves.
The planets follow an elliptical path.
through
Preposition
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To go through is to go into one side of something and come out the other side.
The thief came in through the window.
She pushed the thread through the hole in the needle.
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.
gate
Noun
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A gate is like a door in a fence. It opens to let people go through the fence.
Please open the gate for me; my hands are full.
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In computers and logic, a gate is something that gives a simple yes-or-no answer from two (or one, or more than two) yes-or-no things coming into it.
We need one more "and"-gate here so that it will give the finished answer.