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you
     1. pron. (object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
     2. pron. (reflexive pronoun, now US colloquial) (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.
     3. pron. (object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)
     4. pron. (subject pronoun) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)
           Both of you should get ready now.
           You are all supposed to do as I tell you.
     5. pron. (subject pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
     6. pron. (indefinite personal pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).
     7. det. The individual or group spoken or written to.
           Have you gentlemen come to see the lady who fell backwards off a bus?
     8. det. Used before epithets for emphasis.
           You idiot!
     9. v. To address (a person) using the pronoun you, rather than thou, especially historically when you was more formal.
don't
     1. v. do not (negative auxiliaryArnold M. Zwicky and Geoffrey K. Pullum, , Language 59 (3), 1983, pp. 502-513)
     2. v. (nonstandard) does not
     3. v. (African American Vernacular English) Used before an emphatic negative subject.
           Don’t nobody care.
     4. interj. Stop!, Don't touch that!
     5. n. Something that must not be done (1=usually in the phrase dos and don'ts).
     do
          1. v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker
          2. v.          (auxiliary) A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be.
                        Do you go there often?
          3. v.          (auxiliary) A syntactic marker in negations with the indicative and imperative moods.
                        I do not go there often.
                        Do not listen to him.
          4. v.          (auxiliary) A syntactic marker for emphasis with the indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods.
                        But I do go sometimes.
                        Do tell us.
                        It is important that he do come see me.
          5. v.          (pro-verb) A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; not generally used with auxiliari
                        I play tennis; she does too.
                   #     They don't think it be like it is, but it do.
          6. v. To perform; to execute.
                All you ever do is surf the Internet. What will you do this afternoon?
          7. v. (obsolete) To cause, make (someone) (do something).
          8. v. (intransitive, transitive) To suffice.
                it’s not the best broom, but it will have to do;  this will do me, thanks.
          9. v. (intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.
                It simply will not do to have dozens of children running around such a quiet event.
          10. v. To have (as an effect).
                The fresh air did him some good.
          11. v. (intransitive) To fare, perform (well or poorly).
                Our relationship isn't doing very well;  how do you do?
          12. v. (transitive, chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.
                What does Bob do? — He's a plumber.
          13. v. To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something)
                "Don't forget to do your report" means something quite different depending on whether you're a student or a programmer.
          14. v. To cook.
                I'll just do some eggs.
          15. v. To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
                Let’s do New York also.
          16. v. To treat in a certain way.
          17. v. To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.
          18. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.
          19. v. (see also do time) To spend (time) in jail.
                I did five years for armed robbery.
          20. v. To impersonate or depict.
                They really laughed when he did Clinton, with a perfect accent and a leer.
          21. v. (transitive, slang) To kill.
          22. v. (transitive, slang) To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
          23. v. (informal) To punish for a misdemeanor.
                He got done for speeding.
                Teacher'll do you for that!
          24. v. (transitive, slang) To have sex with. (See also do it)
          25. v. To cheat or swindle.
                That guy just did me out of two hundred bucks!
          26. v. To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
                the novel has just been done into English;  I'm going to do this play into a movie
          27. v. (transitive, intransitive) To finish.
                Aren't you done yet?
          28. v. (dated) To work as a domestic servant (with for).
          29. v. (archaic, dialectal, transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
          30. v. (stock exchange) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
          31. v. (informal, transitive) To make or provide.
                Do they do haircuts there?
                Could you do me a burger with mayonnaise instead of ketchup?
          32. v. (informal, transitive) To injure (one's own body part).
          33. v. To take drugs.
                I do cocaine.
          34. v. (transitive, in the form be doing somewhere) To exist with a purpose or for a reason.
                What's that car doing in our swimming pool? -
          35. n. (colloquial) A party, celebration, social function.
                We’re having a bit of a do on Saturday to celebrate my birthday.
          36. n. (informal) A hairdo.
                Nice do!
          37. n. Something that can or should be done (usually in the phrase dos and don'ts).
          38. n. (obsolete) A deed; an act.
          39. n. (archaic) Ado; bustle; stir; to-do; A period of confusion or argument.
          40. n. (obsolete, UK, slang) A cheat; a swindler.
          41. n. (obsolete, UK, slang) An act of swindling; a fraud or deception.
          42. n. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
          43. adv. (rare) (abbreviation of ditto)
     not
          1. adv. Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
                Did you take out the trash? No, I did not.
                Not knowing any better, I went ahead.
          2. adv. To no degree.
                That is not red; it's orange.
          3. conj. And not.
                I wanted a plate of shrimp, not a bucket of chicken.
                He painted the car blue and black, not solid purple.
          4. interj. (slang) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically.
                I really like hanging out with my little brother watching Barney... not!
                Sure, you're perfect the way you are... not!
          5. n. Unary logical function NOT, true if input is false, or a gate implementing that negation function.
                You need a not there to conform with the negative logic of the memory chip.
          6. contraction. (obsolete) Contraction of ne wot, wot not; know not; knows not.
want
     1. v. To wish for or to desire (something).
           What do you want to eat?  I want you to leave.  I never wanted to go back to live with my mother.  I want to be an astronaut when I'm older.  I don't want him
     2. v. (intransitive, now dated) To be lacking or deficient; not to exist.
           There was something wanting in the play.
     3. v. To lack, not to have (something).
     4. v. (transitive, colloquially with verbal noun as object) To be in need of; to require (something).
           That chair wants fixing.
     5. v. (intransitive, dated) To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.
     6. n. A desire, wish, longing.
     7. n. (often, followed by of) Lack, absence.
     8. n. Poverty.
     9. n. Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt.
     10. n. (mining) A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
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
complicate
     1. v. To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult.
     2. v. to expose involvement in a convoluted matter.
           Don't complicate yourself in issues that are beyond the scope of your understanding.
           John has been complicated in the affair by new tapes that surfaced.
           The DA has made every effort to complicate me in the scandal.
     3. adj. (obsolete) Intertwined.
     4. adj. (now rare, poetic) Complex, complicated.
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.
Even
     1. n. An ethnic Even: a member of an indigenous people living in the Siberia and the Russian Far East.
     2. adj. Flat and level.
           Clear out those rocks. The surface must be even.
     3. adj. Without great variation.
           Despite her fear, she spoke in an even voice.
     4. adj. Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc.
           The distribution of food must be even.
     5. adj. (not comparable, of an integer) Divisible by two.
           Four, fourteen and forty are even numbers.
     6. adj. (of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
     7. adj. On equal monetary terms; neither owing nor being owed.
     8. adj. (colloquial) On equal terms of a moral sort; quits.
           You biffed me back at the barn, and I biffed you here—so now we're even.
     9. adj. parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.
     10. adj. (obsolete) Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure.
     11. adj. (obsolete) Associate; fellow; of the same condition.
     12. v. To make flat and level.
           We need to even this playing field; the west goal is too low.
     13. v. (transitive, obsolete) To equal.
     14. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be equal.
           Thrice nine evens twenty seven.
     15. v. (transitive, obsolete) To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance, as accounts; to make quits.
     16. v. (transitive, obsolete) To set right; to complete.
     17. v. (transitive, obsolete) To act up to; to keep pace with.
     18. adv. (archaic) Exactly, just, fully.
           I fulfilled my instructions even as I had promised.
           You are leaving tonight? — Even so.
           This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.
     19. adv. In reality; implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality.
           Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn sometimes.
           Did you even make it through the front door?
           That was before I was even born.
     20. adv. Emphasizing a comparative.
           I was strong before, but now I am even stronger.
     21. adv. Signalling a correction of one's previous utterance; rather, that is.
           My favorite actor is Jack Nicklaus. Jack Nicholson, even.
     22. adv. also
     23. n. (mathematics) An even number.
           So let's see. There are two evens here and three odds.
     24. n. (archaic, or poetic) Evening.
more
     1. det. comparative degree of many, : in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.)
           More people are arriving.
           There are more ways to do this than I can count.
     2. det. comparative degree of much, : in greater quantity, amount, or proportion. (Used for a continuous quantity.)
           I want more soup;  I need more time
           There's more caffeine in my coffee than in the coffee you get in most places.
     3. adv. To a greater degree or extent.
           He walks more in the morning these days.
     4. adv. (now poetic) In negative constructions: any further, any longer; any more.
     5. adv. Used alone to form the comparative form of adjectives and adverbs.
           You're more beautiful than I ever imagined.
     6. adv. (now dialectal, or humorous) Used in addition to an inflected comparative form. (Standard until the 18thc.)
           I was more better at English than you.
     7. adv. rather
           He is more clever than wise.
     8. n. An extra amount or extent.
     9. n. (obsolete) a carrot; a parsnip.
     10. n. (dialectal) a root; stock.
     11. n. A plant.
     12. v. To root up.
     13. pron. a greater amount of people or things
do
     1. v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker
     2. v.          (auxiliary) A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be.
                   Do you go there often?
     3. v.          (auxiliary) A syntactic marker in negations with the indicative and imperative moods.
                   I do not go there often.
                   Do not listen to him.
     4. v.          (auxiliary) A syntactic marker for emphasis with the indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods.
                   But I do go sometimes.
                   Do tell us.
                   It is important that he do come see me.
     5. v.          (pro-verb) A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; not generally used with auxiliari
                   I play tennis; she does too.
              #     They don't think it be like it is, but it do.
     6. v. To perform; to execute.
           All you ever do is surf the Internet. What will you do this afternoon?
     7. v. (obsolete) To cause, make (someone) (do something).
     8. v. (intransitive, transitive) To suffice.
           it’s not the best broom, but it will have to do;  this will do me, thanks.
     9. v. (intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.
           It simply will not do to have dozens of children running around such a quiet event.
     10. v. To have (as an effect).
           The fresh air did him some good.
     11. v. (intransitive) To fare, perform (well or poorly).
           Our relationship isn't doing very well;  how do you do?
     12. v. (transitive, chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.
           What does Bob do? — He's a plumber.
     13. v. To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something)
           "Don't forget to do your report" means something quite different depending on whether you're a student or a programmer.
     14. v. To cook.
           I'll just do some eggs.
     15. v. To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
           Let’s do New York also.
     16. v. To treat in a certain way.
     17. v. To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.
     18. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.
     19. v. (see also do time) To spend (time) in jail.
           I did five years for armed robbery.
     20. v. To impersonate or depict.
           They really laughed when he did Clinton, with a perfect accent and a leer.
     21. v. (transitive, slang) To kill.
     22. v. (transitive, slang) To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
     23. v. (informal) To punish for a misdemeanor.
           He got done for speeding.
           Teacher'll do you for that!
     24. v. (transitive, slang) To have sex with. (See also do it)
     25. v. To cheat or swindle.
           That guy just did me out of two hundred bucks!
     26. v. To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
           the novel has just been done into English;  I'm going to do this play into a movie
     27. v. (transitive, intransitive) To finish.
           Aren't you done yet?
     28. v. (dated) To work as a domestic servant (with for).
     29. v. (archaic, dialectal, transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
     30. v. (stock exchange) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
     31. v. (informal, transitive) To make or provide.
           Do they do haircuts there?
           Could you do me a burger with mayonnaise instead of ketchup?
     32. v. (informal, transitive) To injure (one's own body part).
     33. v. To take drugs.
           I do cocaine.
     34. v. (transitive, in the form be doing somewhere) To exist with a purpose or for a reason.
           What's that car doing in our swimming pool? -
     35. n. (colloquial) A party, celebration, social function.
           We’re having a bit of a do on Saturday to celebrate my birthday.
     36. n. (informal) A hairdo.
           Nice do!
     37. n. Something that can or should be done (usually in the phrase dos and don'ts).
     38. n. (obsolete) A deed; an act.
     39. n. (archaic) Ado; bustle; stir; to-do; A period of confusion or argument.
     40. n. (obsolete, UK, slang) A cheat; a swindler.
     41. n. (obsolete, UK, slang) An act of swindling; a fraud or deception.
     42. n. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
     43. adv. (rare) (abbreviation of ditto)
you
     1. pron. (object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
     2. pron. (reflexive pronoun, now US colloquial) (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.
     3. pron. (object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)
     4. pron. (subject pronoun) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)
           Both of you should get ready now.
           You are all supposed to do as I tell you.
     5. pron. (subject pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
     6. pron. (indefinite personal pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).
     7. det. The individual or group spoken or written to.
           Have you gentlemen come to see the lady who fell backwards off a bus?
     8. det. Used before epithets for emphasis.
           You idiot!
     9. v. To address (a person) using the pronoun you, rather than thou, especially historically when you was more formal.
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