Englishfor English speakers
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.
rustic
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adjective
(= countrified)
characteristic of rural life
countrified clothes
rustic awkwardness
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adjective
(= bumpkinly, hick, unsophisticated)
awkwardly simple and provincial
bumpkinly country boys
rustic farmers
a hick town
the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists
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noun
an unsophisticated country person
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adjective
(= agrestic)
characteristic of the fields or country
agrestic simplicity
rustic stone walls