The first function deals with recognizing a word, the second with understanding the word's context in a sentence, and the third lets us articulate the word by speaking.
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Without speakingaword of English, he turned to music to learn how to express himself in his new environment.
Perhaps taxpayers are just elated that the two are speaking to each other again after more than three weeks of radio silence but there has been no official word that a deal has been reached.