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THE

1. For second-time mention

   • I saw a woman, woman was nice

2. smth unique

   • the moon

3. superlative adjectives

   • the biggest

4. ordinal numbers

   • the first time

5. when both speakers know what they're talking about

   • the book you told me about was really nice

6. decades,centuries

   • the 1920's

7. services of a country or city

   • the police, the army

8. family names and national groups

   • the Blacks, the Greeks

9. parts of the day

   • the morning

10. inventions and animal species

    • the computer, the giant panda

11. oceans, seas, rivers

    • the Black sea

12. groups of islands, mountain ranges

    • the Alps, the Carribean islands

13. deserts

    • the Sahara

14. collective countries

    • the USA

15. points on the compass

    • the North

16. titles

    • the Queen

17. hotel names

    • the Savoy

18. musical instruments

    • the guitar