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he's
     1. contraction. he is
     2. contraction. he has
     he
          1. pron. (personal) A male person or animal already known or implied.
          2. pron. (personal, sometimes proscribed, see usage notes) A person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant.
                The rulebook clearly states that "if any student is caught cheating, he will be expelled", and you were caught cheating, were you not, Anna?
          3. pron. (personal) An animal whose gender is unknown.
          4. n. The game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he".
          5. n. (informal) A male.
                Alex totally is a he.
          6. n. The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
     is
          1. v. third-person singular present indicative of be
                He is a doctor. He retired some time ago.
                Should he do the task, it is vital that you follow him.
          2. n. plural of i
                remember to dot your is
too
     1. adv. (focus) Likewise.
     2. adv. (conjunctive) Also; in addition.
     3. adv. (degree) To an excessive degree; over; more than enough.
     4. adv. (degree, colloquial) To a high degree, very.
           She doesn't talk too much.  I'm not too sure about this.
     5. adv. (affirmation, colloquial) Used to contradict a negative assertion.
           "You're not old enough yet."  "I am, too!".
young
     1. adj. In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.
           a lamb is a young sheep;  these picture books are for young readers
     2. adj. At an early stage of existence or development; having recently come into existence.
           the age of space travel is still young;   a young business
     3. adj. (Not) advanced in age; (far towards or) at a specified stage of existence or age.
           How young is your dog?   Her grandmother turned 70 years young last month.
     4. adj. Junior (of two related people with the same name).
     5. adj. (of a decade of life) Early.
     6. adj. Youthful; having the look or qualities of a young person.
           My grandmother is a very active woman and is quite young for her age.
     7. adj. Of or belonging to the early part of life.
           The cynical world soon shattered my young dreams.
     8. adj. (obsolete) Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.
     9. n. People who are young; young people, collectively; youth.
           The young of today are well-educated.
     10. n. Young or immature offspring (especially of an animal).
           The lion caught a gnu to feed its young.
           The lion's young are curious.
     11. n. (rare, possibly, nonstandard) An individual offspring; a single recently born or hatched organism.
     12. v. (informal, or demography) To become or seem to become younger.
     13. v. (informal, or demography) To cause to appear younger.
     14. v. (geology) To exhibit younging.
too
     1. adv. (focus) Likewise.
     2. adv. (conjunctive) Also; in addition.
     3. adv. (degree) To an excessive degree; over; more than enough.
     4. adv. (degree, colloquial) To a high degree, very.
           She doesn't talk too much.  I'm not too sure about this.
     5. adv. (affirmation, colloquial) Used to contradict a negative assertion.
           "You're not old enough yet."  "I am, too!".
glib
     1. adj. Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow.
     2. adj. (dated) Smooth or slippery.
           a sheet of glib ice
     3. adj. Artfully persuasive but insincere in nature; smooth-talking, honey-tongued, silver-tongued
           a glib tongue; a glib speech
     4. v. To make glib.
     5. n. (historical) A mass of matted hair worn down over the eyes, formerly worn in Ireland.
     6. v. (obsolete) To castrate; to geld; to emasculate.
better
     1. adj. comparative form of good: more good
     2. adj. comparative form of well: more well
     3. adj. Greater in amount or quantity
     4. adv. comparative form of well: more well
     5. adv. More, in reference to value, distance, time, etc.
           ten miles and better
     6. n. An entity, usually animate, deemed superior to another; one who has a claim to precedence; a superior.
           He quickly found Ali his better in the ring.
     7. v. To improve.
     8. v. (intransitive) To become better; to improve.
     9. v. To surpass in excellence; to exceed; to excel.
     10. v. To give advantage to; to support; to advance the interest of.
     11. v. (colloquial) Had better.
           You better do that if you know what's good for you.
     12. n. alternative spelling of bettor
looking
     1. v. present participle of look
     2. n. The act of one who looks; a glance.
     3. n. (obsolete) The manner in which one looks; appearance; countenance.
     look
          1. v. (intransitive, often, with "at") To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
                Look at my new car!  Don’t look in the closet.
          2. v. To appear, to seem.
                It looks as if it’s going to rain soon.
          3. v. (copulative) To give an appearance of being.
                That painting looks nice.
          4. v. (intransitive, often, with "for") To search for, to try to find.
          5. v. To face or present a view.
                The hotel looks over the valleys of the HinduKush.
          6. v. To expect or anticipate.
                I look to each hour for my lover’s arrival.
          7. v. To express or manifest by a look.
          8. v. (transitive, often, with "to") To make sure of, to see to.
          9. v. (dated, sometimes figurative) To show oneself in looking.
                Look out of the window i.e. lean out while I speak to you.
          10. v. (transitive, obsolete) To look at; to turn the eyes toward.
          11. v. (transitive, obsolete) To seek; to search for.
          12. v. (transitive, obsolete) To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence.
                to look down opposition
          13. v. (baseball) To look at a pitch as a batter without swinging at it.
                The fastball caught him looking.
                Clem Labine struck Mays out looking at his last at bat.
                It's unusual for Mays to strike out looking. He usually takes a cut at it.
          14. interj. Pay attention.
                Look, I'm going to explain what to do, so you have to listen closely.
          15. n. The action of looking; an attempt to see.
                Let’s have a look under the hood of the car.
          16. n. (often plural) Physical appearance, visual impression.
                She got her mother’s looks.
                I don’t like the look of the new design.
          17. n. A facial expression.
                He gave me a dirty look.
                If looks could kill ...
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.
too
     1. adv. (focus) Likewise.
     2. adv. (conjunctive) Also; in addition.
     3. adv. (degree) To an excessive degree; over; more than enough.
     4. adv. (degree, colloquial) To a high degree, very.
           She doesn't talk too much.  I'm not too sure about this.
     5. adv. (affirmation, colloquial) Used to contradict a negative assertion.
           "You're not old enough yet."  "I am, too!".
fast
     1. adj. (dated) Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable.
           That rope is dangerously loose. Make it fast!
     2. adj. Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.
     3. adj. (of people) Steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now mostly in set phrases like fast friend.)
     4. adj. Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid.
           I am going to buy a fast car.
     5. adj. Causing unusual rapidity of play or action.
           a fast racket, or tennis court; a fast track; a fast billiard table; a fast dance floor
     6. adj. (computing, of a piece of hardware) Able to transfer data in a short period of time.
     7. adj. Deep or sound (of sleep); fast asleep (of people).
     8. adj. (of dyes or colours) Not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or intense light; permanent.
           All the washing has come out pink. That red tee-shirt was not fast.
     9. adj. (obsolete) Tenacious; retentive.
     10. adj. (dated) Having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits.
           a fast woman
     11. adj. Ahead of the correct time or schedule.
           There must be something wrong with the hall clock. It is always fast.
     12. adj. (of photographic film) More sensitive to light than average.
     13. adv. In a firm or secure manner, securely; in such a way as not to be moved; safe, sound.
           Hold this rope as fast as you can.
     14. adv. (of sleeping) Deeply or soundly.
           He is fast asleep.
     15. adv. Immediately following in place or time; close, very near.
           The horsemen came fast on our heels.
     16. adv. Quickly, with great speed; within a short time.
           Do it as fast as you can.
     17. adv. Ahead of the correct time or schedule.
           I think my watch is running fast.
     18. n. (UK, rail transport) A train that calls at only some stations it passes between its origin and destination, typically just the principal stations
     19. interj. (archery) Short for "stand fast", a warning not to pass between the arrow and the target
     20. v. (intransitive) To restrict one’s personal consumption, generally of food, but sometimes other things, in various manners (totally, temporally, by avoiding particular items), often for religious or med
           Muslims fast during Ramadan and Catholics during Lent.
     21. n. The act or practice of abstaining from food or of eating very little food.
     22. n. The period of time during which one abstains from or eats very little food.
           Lent and Ramadan are fasts of two religions.
for
     1. conj. (dated) Because.
     2. prep. Towards.
           The astronauts headed for the moon.
     3. prep. Directed at, intended to belong to.
           I have something for you.
     4. prep. In honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of.
           We're having a birthday party for Janet.
           The cake is for Tom and Helen's anniversary.
           The mayor gave a speech for the charity gala.
     5. prep. Supporting.
           All those for the motion raise your hands.
     6. prep. Because of.
           He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him.
           (UK usage) He looks better for having lost weight.
           She was the worse for drink.
     7. prep. Over a period of time.
           I've lived here for three years.
           They fought for days over a silly pencil.
     8. prep. Throughout an extent of space.
     9. prep. On behalf of.
           I will stand in for him.
     10. prep. Instead of, or in place of.
     11. prep. In order to obtain or acquire.
           I am aiming for completion by the end of business Thursday.
           He's going for his doctorate.
           Do you want to go for coffee?
           People all over Greece looked to Delphi for answers.
           Can you go to the store for some eggs?
           I'm saving up for a car.
           Don't wait for an answer.
           What did he ask you for?
     12. prep. In the direction of: marks a point one is going toward.
           Run for the hills!
           He was headed for the door when he remembered.
     13. prep. By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect.
           Fair for its day.
           She's spry for an old lady.
     14. prep. Despite, in spite of.
     15. prep. Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive.
           For that to happen now is incredibly unlikely. (=It is incredibly unlikely that that will happen now.)
           All I want is for you to be happy. (=All I want is that you be happy.)
     16. prep. (chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
           In term of base hits, Jones was three for four on the day
     17. prep. (cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
           At close of play, England were 305 for 3.
     18. prep. To be, or as being.
     19. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.)
     20. prep. Used to construe various verbs (see the entries for individual phrasal verbs).
Me
     1. n. en-abbr
     2. n. (chemistry) (abbreviation of methyl)
     3. pron. alternative case form of me often used when speaking as God or another important figure who is understood from context.
     4. pron. As the direct object of a verb.
           Can you hear me?
     5. pron. (obsolete) Myself; as a reflexive direct object of a verb.
     6. pron. As the object of a preposition.
           Come with me.
     7. pron. As the indirect object of a verb.
           He gave me this.
     8. pron. (US, colloquial) Myself; as a reflexive indirect object of a verb; the ethical dative.
     9. pron. (colloquial) As the complement of the copula (“be” or “is”).
           It wasn't me.
     10. pron. (Australia, British, New Zealand, colloquial) My; preceding a noun, marking ownership.
     11. pron. (colloquial, with "and") As the subject of a verb.
           Me and my friends played a game.
     12. pron. (nonstandard, not with "and") As the subject of a verb.
     13. det. (UK regional, Ireland) alternative form of my
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