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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

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fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh

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in or near a particular place or position

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a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter

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used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

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being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light

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used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

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a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold

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an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant

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a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans

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move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

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a place off to the side of an area

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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

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the time during which someone's life continues

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the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists

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plural of “door” — a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle

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increase twofold

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being or moving lower in position or less in some value

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oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food

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a prominent attribute or aspect of something

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set up or found

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characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion

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a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion

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in a sullen manner

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meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)

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a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

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belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

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on condition that; in the event that

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fit for habitation

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moving to the inside of something

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a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

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engage in

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mean or intend to express or convey

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and nothing more

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the natural satellite of the Earth

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used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

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an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story

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in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

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used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

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a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms

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dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top

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(astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light

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1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

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the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions

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a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom

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being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

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the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians

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giving satisfaction

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having shoulders or shoulders as specified; usually used as a combining form

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a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose

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put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items

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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

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from one end or side of something to the other

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used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

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male cat

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past form of “toss” — throw or toss with a light motion

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the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

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plural of “world” — everything that exists anywhere

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used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

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