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| get to the point |
| 1. v. To state (something) directly; as opposed to in a long-winded way. |
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| Analysis |
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| get |
| 1. v. (ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire. |
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| I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store. |
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| Lance is going to get Mary a ring. |
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| 2. v. To receive. |
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| I got a computer from my parents for my birthday. |
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| to |
| 1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive. |
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| I want to leave. |
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| He asked me what to do. |
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| I don’t know how to say it. |
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| I have places to go and people to see. |
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| the |
| 1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already |
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| I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.) |
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| The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.) |
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| The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird. |
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| 2. art. Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause. |
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| point |
| 1. n. A discrete division of something. |
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| 2. n. An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality. |
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| The Congress debated the finer points of the bill. |
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| 3. n. A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture. |
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| There comes a point in a marathon when some people give up. |
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