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Definition
The North Pole or the Arctic; the northernmost point on Earth and its surrounding region.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the geographic North Pole or the surrounding Arctic region. It is often used in casual conversation to emphasize extreme cold, such as describing a room with the air conditioning turned up too high.
Examples
The North Pole is incredibly cold, nobody really lives there.
Do you know that polar bears live in the Arctic?
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
