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English word

some

A1Frequent NGSL-1
UK /sʌm/US /sʌm/
determiner

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

pronoun

used to refer to an amount of something or a number of people or things when the amount or number is not given

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I wasn't good skill-wise in baseball, but I was fairly athletic and had some speed.

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