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point
Noun
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A point is a position with no size, or a small dot.
These two lines meet at this point.
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A point is the sharp end of a knife or other sharp thing.
He used the point of the knife to make a hole in the can.
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The point of something is the reason or purpose for it.
The whole point of coming here was to plant this tree, so let's not go home without doing it.
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A point is a dot between two numbers. To the dot's right, you find a decimal.
The price has gone up by two point five percent.
point
Verb
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To point at something is to hold one finger (or a stick, arrow or other long, thin thing) in the direction of the thing so that people will look at the thing.
He pointed her toward the gate.
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.
shoot
Verb
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When you shoot, you use a weapon to throw something at a very fast speed at someone or something.
The man, in a desperate bid for freedom, grabbed his gun and started shooting anyone he could.
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When you shoot something, you photograph or film something.
At the zoo, I like to shoot many pictures of the animals.
The film was mostly shot in France.
shoot
Noun
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The shoot is the stem or bud of a plant.
The seed I planted yesterday got a tiny shoot.
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A less offensive way of saying shit.
Oh shoot!
shoot
Interjection
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You say shoot when you are angry or in disbelief; to condemn.
Didn't you have a concert tonight? Shoot! I forgot! I have to go and get ready...