Lesson 104/202 · 24 words · 0 learned
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own(adjective)
/əʊn/
used to emphasize that something belongs to or is connected with somebody
I'd like to have my own room one day.
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that(pronoun)
/ðæt/
used for referring to a person or thing that is not near the speaker or as near to the speaker as another
That is my school.
She said (that) the story was true.
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the(determiner)
/ðə/
used to refer to somebody/something that has already been mentioned or is easily understood
There were three questions. The first two were relatively easy but the third one was hard.
The nights are getting longer.
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some(determiner)
/sʌm/
used with uncountable nouns or plural countable nouns to mean ‘an amount of’ or ‘a number of’, when the amount or number is not given
I have some friends.
Here are some of our suggestions.
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than(preposition, conjunction)
/ðən/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
My brother is three years older than me.
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our(determiner)
/ɑːr/
belonging to us; connected with us
Our school is very nice.
Our main export is rice.
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please(exclamation)
/pliːz/
used as a polite way of asking for something or telling somebody to do something
Can I have a glass of water, please?
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someone(pronoun)
/ˈsʌmwʌn/
a person who is not known or mentioned by name
There's someone at the door.
Someone's left their bag behind.
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oh(exclamation)
/əʊ/
used when you are reacting to something that has been said, especially if you did not know it before
You can't come tonight? Oh well, see you next week then.
‘I saw Ben yesterday.’ ‘Oh yes, how is he?’
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she(pronoun)
/ʃi/
a female person or animal that has already been mentioned or is easily identified
Daisy is my friend. She is very kind.
Doesn't she (= the woman we are looking at) look like Sue?
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or(conjunction)
/ɔːr/
used to introduce another possibility
Is your sister older or younger than you?
Are you coming or not?
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of(preposition)
/əv/
belonging to somebody; relating to somebody
the paintings of Monet
Can't you throw out that old bike of Tommy's?
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their(determiner)
/ðer/
of or belonging to people, animals or things that have already been mentioned or are easily identified
Their school is very nice.
Which is their house?
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something(pronoun)
/ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing that is not known or mentioned by name
There is something in my bag, but I don't know what it is.
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not(adverb)
/nɑːt/
used with be , do or have to form the negative of verbs; used to form the negative of modal verbs like can or must
I am not hungry, but I am very tired.
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should(modal verb)
/ʃəd/
used to say what is the right or sensible thing to do, especially when giving advice
You should see a doctor if your fever gets worse.
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so(conjunction)
/səʊ/
used to show the result of something; therefore
It was still painful so I went to see a doctor.
He never seems to smile.
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thanks(exclamation)
/θæŋks/
used to show that you are grateful to somebody for something they have done
Thanks for helping me with my homework yesterday.
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thank(verb)
/θæŋk/
to tell somebody that you are grateful for something
Thank you very much.
There's no need to thank me—I enjoyed doing it.
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nothing(pronoun)
/ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not anything; no single thing
Nothing else matters to him apart from his job.
There was nothing in her bag.
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other(adjective, pronoun)
/ˈʌðər/
used to refer to people or things that are additional or different to people or things that have been mentioned or are known about
Are there any other questions?
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nobody(pronoun)
/ˈnəʊbədi/
not anyone; no person
There was nobody at the door.
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only(adjective)
/ˈəʊnli/
used to say that no other or others of the same group exist or are there
She is the only person in our class who can speak Japanese.
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somebody(pronoun)
/ˈsʌmbədi/
Somebody left their umbrella in the office.
