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select
Verb
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If you select something, you choose it.
Students follow a general course in their first year, and in the final year they select one of three specialist areas of study.
It wouldn't be too difficult to make the computer select for vague general features like, say, tall-thinness or short-fatness.
select
Adjective
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If something is select it is special in a good way—high quality.
His skill and efforts took him into the select group of men who have scored over 50 League goals for our club.
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.
pulse
Noun
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Each beat of the arteries or heart.
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Feeling of life or emotion
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Beating, especially of music
pulse
Verb
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To beat or throb.