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Bay of Bengal |
a bay of the Indian Ocean bordered mostly by India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. |
Burma |
Burma is a country in Asia that is now called Myanmar. Myanmar is next to India, China, and Thailand. It is also on the coast of the Indian Ocean. About half of Myanmar is covered with forests. Some of the forests are jungles. Myanmar is home to animals such as elephants, buffaloes, rhinoceroses, crocodiles, lizards, and snakes. |
Burmese |
a native or citizen of Myanmar. [2/3 definitions] |
clause |
A clause is something in grammar. A clause is a group of words that has a subject and a verb that goes with it. A clause can be a whole sentence, or it can be one part of a sentence. Some sentences have many clauses. In the sentence "I had a bad dream because my brother told me something scary," there are two clauses connected by the word "because." "I had a bad dream" is the first clause, and "my brother told me something scary" is the second clause. The subject in the first clause is "I," and the verb is "had." The subject in the second clause is "my brother," and the verb is "told." |
comparative |
"Comparative" is a word in grammar. It is used to describe forms of adjectives or adverbs that show that they are comparing things. For example, the word "richer" is a comparative form of the word "rich." If one person is richer than another, the first person has more money than the other. Some other comparative forms are "better," "worse," bigger," "longer," and "heavier." [1/2 definitions] |
definite article |
the article "the" in English grammar. The definite article is used with a noun when one is referring to something that is already known or has already been talked about. |
grammatical |
of or having to do with grammar. [2 definitions] |
indefinite article |
either of the articles "a" or "an" in English grammar. These articles do not restrict the noun to a particular person, place or thing. In the sentence, "A dog ran into my yard," the indefinite article "a" is used to show that it could have been any dog, and that a particular dog is not being named. |
infinitive |
An infinitive is something in grammar. An infinitive is the simple form of a verb that often has the word "to" in front of it. "To go," to run," to forget" are phrases that show infinitives. An infinitive has no subject and does not show the time of an action. Words like "went," "ran," and "forgot," for example, are not infinitives because they show past time. These would also not be used without some subject like "we" "they," "I," or "my mom." |
Myanmar |
a country in southeastern Asia. Myanmar was called Burma until 1989. Rangoon (or Yangon) is the capital of Myanmar. |
passive |
"Passive" is a word that describes something in grammar. Think about this sentence: "Jade baked the cookies." Then think about another sentence: "The cookies were baked by Jade." The same thing actually happens in these two sentences. There is baking and the result is cookies. But the first sentence, "Jade baked the cookies," is called an "active" statement, and the second sentence,"The cookies were baked by Jade," is called a "passive" statement. In passive statements, sometimes the person or thing doing the action of the verb--causing what happens--is not even mentioned. [1/2 definitions] |
possessive |
showing ownership through grammar. [1/3 definitions] |
regular |
having or following the most common pattern or rule in grammar. [1/7 definitions] |
superlative |
"Superlative" is a word we use in grammar. Words like "best," "smallest," "biggest," and "fastest" are adjectives in their superlative form. When we use this form of an adjective, or an adverb, we are talking about the highest degree or level of something. If a certain game is the best, then there is no game that is better. If a runner is the "fastest," then there is no runner that is faster. |
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