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I
     1. pron. The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence.
             (audio, Here I am, sir.ogg, Audio)
     2. pron. (nonstandard, hypercorrection) The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical object, of a sentence.
     3. n. (metaphysics) The ego.
     4. n. (US, roadway) Interstate.
     5. n. (grammar) (abbreviation of instrumental case)
     6. pron. nonstandard spelling of I
tried
     1. adj. Tested, hence, proven to be firm or reliable.
     2. adj. (law) Put on trial, taken before a lawcourt.
     3. v. simple past tense and past participle of try
     try
          1. v. To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
                I tried to rollerblade, but I couldn’t.
                I'll come to dinner soon. I'm trying to beat this level first.
          2. v. (obsolete) To divide; to separate.
          3. v.          To separate (precious metal etc.) from the ore by melting; to purify, refine.
          4. v.          (one sort from another) To winnow; to sift; to pick out; frequently followed by out.
                        to try out the wild corn from the good
          5. v.          (nautical) To extract oil from blubber or fat; to melt down blubber to obtain oil
          6. v.          To extract wax from a honeycomb
          7. v. To test, to work out.
          8. v.          To make an experiment. Usually followed by a present participle.
                        I tried mixing more white paint to get a lighter shade.
          9. v.          To put to test.
                        I shall try my skills on this.
          10. v.          (specifically) To test someone's patience.
                        You are trying my patience.
                        Don't fucking try me.
          11. v.          To taste, sample, etc.
                        Try this—you’ll love it.
          12. v.          To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.
                        to try weights or measures by a standard;  to try a person's opinions
          13. v.          (legal) To put on trial.
                        He was tried and executed.
          14. v. To experiment, to strive.
          15. v.          To have or gain knowledge of by experience.
          16. v.          To work on something.
                        You are trying too hard.
          17. v.          (obsolete) To do; to fare.
                        How do you try! (i.e., how do you do?)
          18. v.          To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms.
                        to try rival claims by a duel;  to try conclusions
          19. v.          (euphemism, of a couple) To attempt to conceive a child.
          20. v. (nautical) To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
          21. v. To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
                The light tries his eyes.
                Repeated failures try one's patience.
          22. v. (slang) To want
                I am really not trying to hear you talk about my mama like that.
          23. n. An attempt.
                I gave unicycling a try but I couldn’t do it.
          24. n. An act of tasting or sampling.
                I gave sushi a try but I didn’t like it.
          25. n. (rugby) A score in rugby, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
                Today I scored my first try.
          26. n. (dialect) A screen, or sieve, for grain.
          27. n. (American football) a field goal or extra point
          28. adj. (obsolete) Fine, excellent.
to
     1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
           I want to leave.
           He asked me what to do.
           I don’t know how to say it.
           I have places to go and people to see.
     2. part. As above, with the verb implied.
           "Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.".
           If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.
     3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs.
           I have to do laundry today.
     4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.
           We are walking to the shop.
     5. prep. Used to indicate purpose.
           He devoted himself to education.
           They drank to his health.
     6. prep. Used to indicate result of action.
           His face was beaten to a pulp.
     7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
           similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.
     8. prep. (obsolete,) As a.
           With God to friend (with God as a friend);   with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe);   lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice);   t
     9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.
           one to one = 1:1
           ten to one = 10:1.
           I have ten dollars to your four.
     10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
           Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
           Three to the power of two is nine.
           Three to the second is nine.
     11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object.
           I gave the book to him.
     12. prep. (time) Preceding.
           ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).
     13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
           Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.
           There's a lot of sense to what he says.
     14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At.
           Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
     15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
           Please push the door to.
     16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind.
     17. adv. misspelling of too
sort
     1. n. A general type.
     2. n. Manner; form of being or acting.
     3. n. (obsolete) Condition above the vulgar; rank.
     4. n. (dated) Group, company.
     5. n. (informal) A person evaluated in a certain way (bad, good, strange, etc.).
           This guy's a decent sort.
     6. n. (Australia, informal) A good-looking woman.
     7. n. An act of sorting.
           I had a sort of my cupboard.
     8. n. (computing) An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular sequence.
           Popular sorts include quicksort and heapsort.
     9. n. (typography) A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size and style.
     10. n. (mathematics) A type.
     11. n. (obsolete) Chance; lot; destiny.
     12. n. (obsolete) A pair; a set; a suit.
     13. v. To separate according to certain criteria.
     14. v. To arrange into some order, especially numerically, alphabetically or chronologically.
     15. v. (British) To fix a problem, to handle a task; to sort out.
     16. v. To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.
     17. v. (intransitive) To join or associate with others, especially with others of the same kind or species; to agree.
     18. v. (intransitive) To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.
     19. v. (transitive, obsolete) To conform; to adapt; to accommodate.
     20. v. (transitive, obsolete) To choose from a number; to select; to cull.
through
     1. prep. From one side of an opening to the other.
           I went through the window.
     2. prep. Entering, then later leaving.
           I drove through the town at top speed without looking left or right.
     3. prep. Surrounded by (while moving).
           We slogged through the mud for hours before turning back and giving up.
     4. prep. By means of.
           This team believes in winning through intimidation.
     5. prep. (North America) To (or up to) and including, with all intermediate values.
           from 1945 through 1991;  the numbers 1 through 9;  your membership is active through March 15, 2013
     6. adj. Passing from one side of something to the other.
           Interstate highways form a nationwide system of through roads.
     7. adj. Finished; complete.
           They were through with laying the subroof by noon.
     8. adj. Valueless; without a future.
           After being implicated in the scandal, he was through as an executive in financial services.
     9. adj. No longer interested.
           She was through with him.
     10. adj. Proceeding from origin to destination without delay due to change of equipment.
           The through flight through Memphis was the fastest.
     11. adj. (association football) In possession of the ball beyond the last line of defence but not necessarily the goalkeeper; through on goal.
     12. adv. From one side to the other by way of the interior.
           The arrow went straight through.
     13. adv. From one end to the other.
           Others slept; he worked straight through.
           She read the letter through.
     14. adv. To the end.
           He said he would see it through.
     15. adv. Completely.
           Leave the yarn in the dye overnight so the color soaks through.
     16. adv. Out into the open.
           The American army broke through at St. Lo.
     17. n. A large slab of stone laid in a dry-stone wall from one side to the other; a perpend.
     18. n. (obsolete) A coffin, sarcophagus or tomb of stone; a large slab of stone laid on a tomb.
this
     1. det. The (thing) here (used in indicating something or someone nearby).
           This classroom is where I learned to read and write.
     2. det. The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone just mentioned).
           They give the appearance of knowing what they're doing. It's this appearance that lets them get away with so much.
     3. det. The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone about to be mentioned).
           When asked what he wanted for his birthday, he gave this reply: “…”
     4. det. A known (thing) (used in first mentioning a person or thing that the speaker does not think is known to the audience). Compare with "a certain ...".
           I met this woman the other day who's allergic to wheat. I didn't even know that was possible!
           There's just this nervous mannerism that Bob has with his hands, and it drives me crazy.
     5. det. (Of a unit of time) which is current.
           It snowed this week.
     6. adv. To the degree or extent indicated.
           I need this much water.
           We've already come this far, we can't turn back now.
     7. pron. The thing, item, etc. being indicated.
           This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune,—often the surfeit of our own behaviour,—we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars(...) — Sh
     8. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is here; one of these.
     9. interj. (Internet slang) Indicates the speaker's strong approval or agreement with the previous material.
tangle
     1. v. (intransitive) to become mixed together or intertwined
           Her hair was tangled from a day in the wind.
     2. v. (intransitive) to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
           Don't tangle with someone three times your size.
           He tangled with the law.
     3. v. to mix together or intertwine
     4. v. to catch and hold; to ensnare.
     5. n. A tangled twisted mass.
     6. n. A complicated or confused state or condition.
           I tried to sort through this tangle and got nowhere.
     7. n. An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
     8. n. (mathematics) A region of the projection of a knot such that the knot crosses its perimeter exactly four times.
     9. n. A form of art which consists of sections filled with repetitive patterns.
     10. n. Any large type of seaweed, especially a species of Laminaria.
     11. n. (in the plural) An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and ot
and
     1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
     2. conj.          Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
     3. conj.          Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
     4. conj.          Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
     5. conj.          (obsolete) Yet; but.
     6. conj.          Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often
     7. conj.          (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
     8. conj.          Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
     9. conj.          Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
     10. conj.          Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
     11. conj.          (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come,
     12. conj.          Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
     13. conj.          Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
     14. conj. Expressing a condition.:
     15. conj.          (now US dialect) If; provided that.
     16. conj.          (obsolete) As if, as though.
     17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
     18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath.
     19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.
     20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.
got
     1. v. simple past tense of get
           We got the last bus home.
     2. v. (British, Australian, NZ) past participle of get
           By that time we'd got very cold.
           I've got two children.
           How many children have you got?
     3. v. Expressing obligation.
           I can't go out tonight, I've got to study for my exams.
     4. v. (Southern US, with to) must; have (to).
           I got to go study.
     5. v. (Southern US, slang) have
           They got a new car.
           He got a lot of nerve.
     6. v. (Southern US, AAVE, euphemistic, slang) to be murdered
           He got got.
     get
          1. v. (ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
                I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store.
                Lance is going to get Mary a ring.
          2. v. To receive.
                I got a computer from my parents for my birthday.
                You need to get permission to leave early.
                He got a severe reprimand for that.
          3. v. (transitive, in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. (See usage notes.)
                I've got a concert ticket for you.
          4. v. (copulative) To become.
                I'm getting hungry; how about you?
                Don't get drunk tonight.
          5. v. To cause to become; to bring about.
                That song gets me so depressed every time I hear it.
                I'll get this finished by lunchtime.
                I can't get these boots off upright - (or on'upright,).
          6. v. To fetch, bring, take.
                Can you get my bag from the living-room, please?
                I need to get this to the office.
          7. v. To cause to do.
                Somehow she got him to agree to it.
                I can't get it to work.
          8. v. (intransitive, with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries get into, get over, etc.) To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards
                The actors are getting into position.
                When are we going to get to London?
                I'm getting into a muddle.
                We got behind the wall.
          9. v. To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
                to get a mile
          10. v. To cause to come or go or move.
          11. v. To cause to be in a certain status or position.
          12. v. (intransitive) To begin (doing something).
                We ought to get moving or we'll be late.
                After lunch we got chatting.
          13. v. To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
                I normally get the 7:45 train.
                I'll get the 9 a.m. flight to Boston.
          14. v. To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
                Can you get that call, please? I'm busy.
          15. v. (intransitive, followed by infinitive) To be able, permitted (to do something); to have the opportunity (to do something).
                I'm so jealous that you got to see them perform live!
                The finders get to keep 80 percent of the treasure.
          16. v. (transitive, informal) To understand. (compare get it)
                Yeah, I get it, it's just not funny.
                I don't get what you mean by "fun". This place sucks!
                I mentioned that I was feeling sad, so she mailed me a box of chocolates. She gets me.
          17. v. (transitive, informal) To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
                "You look just like Helen Mirren." / "I get that a lot.".
          18. v. (informal) To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.
                He got bitten by a dog.
          19. v. To become ill with or catch (a disease).
                I went on holiday and got malaria.
          20. v. (transitive, informal) To catch out, trick successfully.
                He keeps calling pretending to be my boss—it gets me every time.
          21. v. (transitive, informal) To perplex, stump.
                That question's really got me.
          22. v. To find as an answer.
                What did you get for question four?
          23. v. (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
                The cops finally got me.
                I'm gonna get him for that.
          24. v. To hear completely; catch.
                Sorry, I didn't get that. Could you repeat it?
          25. v. To getter.
                I put the getter into the container to get the gases.
          26. v. (now rare) To beget (of a father).
          27. v. (archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
                to get a lesson;  to get out one's Greek lesson
          28. v. (imperative, informal) Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
                Get her with her new hairdo.
          29. v. (informal, mostly, imperative) Go away; get lost.
          30. v. (euphemism) To kill.
                They’re coming to get you, Barbara.
          31. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
          32. n. (dated) Offspring.
          33. n. Lineage.
          34. n. (sports) A difficult return or block of a shot.
          35. n. Something gained.
          36. n. (UK, regional) A git.
          37. n. (Judaism) A Jewish writ of divorce.
nowhere
     1. adv. In no place.
           Nowhere did the rules say anything about popcorn.
     2. adv. To no place.
           We sat in traffic, going nowhere.
     3. adj. Unimportant; unworthy of notice.
     4. n. No particular place, noplace.
           They went on a cruise to nowhere.
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