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• 0 used before nouns to refer to particular things or people that have already been talked about or are already known or that are in a situation where it is clear what is happening:

  • I just bought a new shirt and some new shoes. The shirt was pretty expensive, but the shoes weren't.

  • Please would you pass the salt.

  • I'll pick you up at the airport.

  • We spent all day at the beach.

  • Let's go to the movies this evening.

  • I have to go to the bank and get some Euros.

  • I really enjoyed the book I've just finished reading.

  • Do you like the other kids in your class?

  • What will happen in the future?

  • After I leave college, I want to travel around the world.

  • They live in the north of Spain.

  • Ed Koch was for many years the mayor of New York.

  • When we went to Paris, we went up the Eiffel Tower.

  • That was one of the best films I've ever seen.

  • What's the highest mountain in Asia?

  • I will never forget the first time we met.

  • You're the fifth person to ask me that question.

  • Harry's Bar is the place to go.

  • You don't mean you met the Will Smith (= the film star), do you?

  • It seems that the deceased (= this particular dead person) had no living relatives.

  • I suppose we'll just have to wait for the inevitable (= the particular thing that is certain to happen).

  • She lives in a special home for the elderly.

  • The French were defeated at Waterloo in 1815.

  • The panda is becoming an increasingly rare animal.

  • The car is responsible for causing a lot of damage to our environment.

  • The Jacksons are coming to visit on Saturday.

  • Nico is learning to play the piano.

  • Can you do the waltz?

  • I'm going under the knife (= having a medical operation) next week.

  • It's not a good idea to spend more than three hours at the wheel (= driving a vehicle) without a break.

  • the 60s

  • The sooner I get this piece of work done, the sooner I can go home.

  • She doesn't seem to be any the worse for her bad experience.

  • André's got a new job, the lucky devil.

• 1 used instead of a possessive adjective such as your, her, or my:

  • He held his daughter by the arm (= her arm).

  • I can't remember where I parked the (= my) car.

• 2 enough:

  • I'd like to go out tonight, but I don't think I have the energy.

  • [ + to infinitive ] I don't have the time to talk to you now.

• 3 each; every:

  • It does 30 miles to the gallon.

• 4 used before a noun to refer to a particular thing because it is clear which thing is intended:

  • I just bought a new shirt and tie. The shirt was expensive, but the tie wasn’t.

  • There’s someone at the front door.

  • I’ll pick you up at the airport at 6 o’clock.

  • Let’s go to the movies.

  • the Statue of Liberty

  • What’s the highest mountain in North America?

  • She’s leaving on the 24th of May.

  • My car gets 30 miles to the gallon.

  • the homeless/poor/rich

  • Nicole is learning to play the piano.

  • the 1930s

• 5 used instead of your, my, his, her, etc.:

  • He tapped me on the (= my) shoulder.

  • How are Grace and the (= her) kids?

• 6 enough:

  • He hasn’t got the experience for this kind of work.