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a
     1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
           There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
     2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
           I've seen it happen a hundred times.
     3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
           We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
     4. art. The same; one.
           We are of a mind on matters of morals.
     5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
           A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
           He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
     6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
     7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
           The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
     8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
           Stand a tiptoe.
     9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
           Torn a pieces.
     10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
           I brush my teeth twice a day.
     11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
     12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
           A God’s name.
     13. prep. To do with status; In.
           King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
             To set the people a worke.
     14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
           1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
             The times, they are a-changin'.
     15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
           1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
             Jacob, when he was a dying
     16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
     17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
           I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
     18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
     19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
     20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
           The name of John a Gaunt.
     21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
     22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
slow
     1. adj. Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.
           a slow train;  a slow computer
     2. adj. Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.
     3. adj. Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.
     4. adj. Not hasty; not precipitate; lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation.
     5. adj. (of a clock or the like) Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time.
           That clock is slow.
     6. adj. Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness.
     7. adj. (of a period of time) Not busy; lacking activity.
           It was a slow news day, so the editor asked us to make our articles wordier.
           I'm just sitting here with a desk of cards, enjoying a slow afternoon.
     8. v. To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.
     9. v. To keep from going quickly; to hinder the progress of.
     10. v. (intransitive) To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate.
     11. n. Someone who is slow; a sluggard.
     12. n. (music) A slow song.
     13. adv. Slowly.
           That clock is running slow.
or
     1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
           In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
           He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
     2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
     3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
     4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
           It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
     5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
           The country Myanmar, or Burma
     6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
     7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
     8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
     9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
     10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
     11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
difficult
     1. adj. Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.
           However, the difficult weather conditions will ensure Yunnan has plenty of freshwater.
     2. adj. (often of a, person, or a horse, etc) Hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome.
           Stop being difficult and eat your broccoli—you know it's good for you.
     3. adj. (obsolete) Unable or unwilling.
     4. v. (obsolete, transitive) To make difficult; to impede; to perplex.
journey
     1. n. A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.
     2. n. (obsolete) A day.
     3. n. (obsolete) A day's travelling; the distance travelled in a day.
     4. n. (obsolete) A day's work.
     5. n. The weight of finished coins delivered at one time to the Master of the Mint.
     6. n. (collective, colloquial) A group of giraffes.
     7. v. To travel, to make a trip or voyage.
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