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with
Preposition
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With is used to show the other people or things present when something happened
I went to school with my brother.
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With is used to describe something added to something else
The cat has a collar with a bell on it.
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With is used to show what thing is used to do something
He hit the nail with a hammer.
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Used to introduce non-finite and verbless clauses.
With the children so sick, we weren't able to get much work done.
some
Determinative
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Some is an amount or number of something; the amount is not exact or specific.
Would you like some grapes?
Everyone is wrong some of the time.
He had edited the paper for some years.
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An unspecified or unknown.
I've just met some man who said he knew you.
reserve
Verb
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If you reserve a room, a table, seat etc. you arrange for it to be kept for you, usually for a particular date and time.
This parking spot is reserved for the general manager.
We had reserved a room at the hotel.
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When you're cooking, if you reserve something, you put it aside to use later.
Cook pasta as directed on package and reserve 1/4 cup of pasta cooking water.
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If you reserve something for a particular situation, you usually don't use it except in that situation.
She spoke to me in a voice usually reserved for young children.
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If you reserve the right to do something, you let people know that these are your legal rights and you may use or defend them.
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reserve
Noun
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Reserves are extra amounts of something that are for the future.
Canada has 179 billion barrels of oil reserves - second only to Saudi Arabia.
The central bank's cash and gold reserves have fallen by 25 percent since June 2001.
This special sugar is your body's quick, easy-access energy reserve.
She always had some water in reserve.
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Reserve is a feeling of holding back, controlling yourself, and not being very friendly.
We listened to all this talk about change with a certain reserve.
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Reserves are extra players on a team, or fighters in an army in case somebody is hurt or needs a rest.
Their best player spent a season on injured reserve after hurting his knee.
She joined the Army Reserve during her time in university.
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A reserve is an area of land or water that is protected from humans.
These lands (such as national parks and nature reserves) supply cities with clean drinking water.
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A reserve (or reservation) is an area of land that belongs to a group of indigenous people, such as a First Nations group in Canada.