the
A1Frequent NGSL-1UK /ðə/US /ðə/
Meaning
definite article
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.”
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“CA: We're here at the Texas Gigafactory the day before this thing opens.”
📺 Elon Musk: A future worth getting excited about (TED 2022)Learn this word in the video →
“bit about the thought process of exactly”
📺 Elon Musk's 2003 Stanford University Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders LectureLearn this word in the video →
“co-founder of one of the world largest”
📺 Joe Tsai Co-founder & Chair of AlibabaLearn this word in the video →
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