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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.
poor
Adjective
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Someone who is poor has little or no money.
He is very poor.
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Something that is poor is bad quality.
The painting was a poor job.
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You use poor before someone's name or a pronoun when you feel bad for that person.
Tom is all alone. Poor Tom!
Oh, poor you! I can't believe that happened.
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The poor are a group of people who have little or no money.
This work is to help the poor.
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.
needy
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noun
needy people collectively
they try to help the needy
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adjective
demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree
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adjective
(= destitute)
poor enough to need help from others