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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.
body
Noun
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A body is the main part of a person, animal, physical object, or organisation.
After falling out of the tree, his arm was broken and his body hurt all over.
The governing body of the UN meets in Geneva.
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A body is a dead person or animal.
The police found her body after she had been missing for three days.
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A body is a group of people.
The senate is an important legislative body in the United States.
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A body of something is a lot on it together in one place.
Lake Michigan is a large body of water.
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A body is a thing that all moves together.
The moon is a body in orbit around Earth.
politic
Adjective
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Actions or words that are politic are carefully chosen not to upset people.
The senator gave a very politic reply.
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political