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I'll
1. contraction. I will
2. contraction. I shall
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)
will
1. v. (rare, transitive) To wish, desire (something).
Do what you will.
2. v. (rare, intransitive) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).
3. v. (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
4. v. (auxiliary) To choose to (do something), used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive).
5. v. (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.
6. v. (auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.
Unfortunately, only one of these gloves will actually fit over my hand.
7. n. One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
Of course, man's will is often regulated by his reason.
8. n. One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
Eventually I submitted to my parents' will.
9. n. The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.
Most creatures have a will to live.
10. n. (law) A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.
11. n. (archaic) That which is desired; one's wish.
12. n. (archaic) Desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.)
He felt a great will to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
13. v. (archaic) To wish, desire.
14. v. (transitive, intransitive) To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
15. v. To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention).
All the fans were willing their team to win the game.
16. v. To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
He willed his stamp collection to the local museum.
be
1. v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence.
2. v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
There is just one woman in town who can help us. (or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us.
3. v. (intransitive) To occupy a place.
The cup is on the table.
4. v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place.
When will the meeting be?
5. v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar.
The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come.
I have been to Spain many times.
Moscow, huh? I've never been, but it sounds fascinating.
6. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
Knowledge is bliss.
Hi, I’m Jim.
7. v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same.
3 times 5 is fifteen.
8. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995.
9. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
The sky is blue.
10. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.
The sky is a deep blue today.
11. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice.
The dog was drowned by the boy.
12. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.
The woman is walking.
I shall be writing to you soon.
We liked to chat while we were eating.
13. v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate motion. Often still used for "to go".
14. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic.
I am to leave tomorrow.
I would drive you, were I to obtain a car.
15. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement.
This building is three hundred years old.
I am 75 kilograms.
He’s about 6 feet tall.
16. v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
I’m 20. (= I am 20 years old.)
17. v. (with a dummy subject) it Used to indicate the time of day.
It is almost eight. (= It is almost eight o’clock.)
It’s 8:30 read eight-thirty in Tokyo.
What time is it there? It’s night.
18. v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period)
It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him.
19. v. (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid.
Why is it so dark in here?
20. v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way.
"What do we do?" "We be ourselves.".
Why is he being nice to me?
showing
1. v. present participle of show
2. n. An occasion when something is shown.
We went to the midnight showing of the new horror movie.
3. n. A result, a judgement.
He made a poor showing at his first time at bat.
show
1. v. To display, to have somebody see (something).
The car's dull finish showed years of neglect.
All he had to show for four years of attendance at college was a framed piece of paper.
2. v. To bestow; to confer.
to show mercy; to show favour; (dialectal) show me the salt please
3. v. To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.
4. v. To guide or escort.
Could you please show him on his way. He has overstayed his welcome.
They showed us in.
5. v. (intransitive) To be visible; to be seen; to appear.
Your bald patch is starting to show.
At length, his gloom showed.
6. v. (intransitive, informal) To put in an appearance; show up.
We waited for an hour, but they never showed.
7. v. (intransitive, informal) To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant.
8. v. (intransitive, racing) To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.
In the third race: Aces Up won, paying eight dollars; Blarney Stone placed, paying three dollars; and Cinnamon showed, paying five dollars.
9. v. (obsolete) To have a certain appearance, such as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.
10. n. A play, dance, or other entertainment.
11. n. An exhibition of items.
art show; dog show
12. n. A demonstration.
show of force
13. n. A broadcast program/programme.
radio show; television show
14. n. A movie.
Let's catch a show.
15. n. A project or presentation.
Let's get on with the show. Let's get this show on the road. They went on an international road show to sell the shares to investors. It was Apple's usual do
16. n. Mere display or pomp with no substance. (Usually seen in the phrases "all show" and "for show".)
The dog sounds ferocious but it's all show.
17. n. Outward appearance; wileful or deceptive appearance.
18. n. (baseball, with "the") The major leagues.
He played AA ball for years, but never made it to the show.
19. n. (mining, obsolete) A pale blue flame at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of firedamp.
20. n. (archaic) Pretence.
21. n. (archaic) Sign, token, or indication.
22. n. (obsolete) Semblance; likeness; appearance.
23. n. (obsolete) Plausibility.
24. n. (medicine) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor.
visitors
1. n. plural of visitor
visitor
1. n. Someone who visits someone else; someone staying as a guest.
2. n. Someone who pays a visit to a specific place or event; a sightseer or tourist.
3. n. (sports) Someone, or a team, that is playing away from home.
4. n. A person authorized to visit an institution to see that it is being managed properly.
5. n. (ufology) An extraterrestrial being on Earth for any reason.
6. n. An object which lands or passes by Earth or its orbit.
7. n. (British) A head or overseer of an institution such as a college (in which case, equivalent to the university's chancellor) or cathedral or hospital, who resolves disputes, gives ceremonial speeches
round
1. adj. (physical) Shape.
2. adj. Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.
We sat at a round table to make conversation easier.
3. adj. Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction.
The ancient Egyptian demonstrated that the Earth is round, not flat.
4. adj. Lacking sharp angles; having gentle curves.
Our child's bed has round corners for safety.
5. adj. Plump.
6. adj. Complete, whole, not lacking.
The baker sold us a round dozen.
7. adj. (of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
One hundred is a nice round number.
8. adj. (linguistics) Pronounced with the lips drawn together.
9. adj. Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing.
a round answer; a round oath
10. adj. Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style.
11. adj. Consistent; fair; just; applied to conduct.
12. adj. Large in magnitude.
a round sum
13. adj. (authorship, of a fictional character) Well-written and well-characterized; complex and reminiscent of a real person.
14. n. A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
15. n. A circular or repetitious route.
hospital rounds
The guards have started their rounds; the prisoner should be caught soon.
16. n. A general outburst from a group of people at an event.
The candidate got a round of applause after every sentence or two.
17. n. A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
18. n. A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.
They brought us a round of drinks about every thirty minutes.
19. n. A single individual portion or dose of medicine.
20. n. One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).
21. n. (arts) A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
22. n. A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical projectile ball of a smoothbore firearm. Compare round shot and solid shot.
23. n. (sports) One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing or wrestling match, during which contestants compete before being signaled to stop.
24. n. (sports) A stage in a competition.
qualifying rounds of the championship
25. n. (sports) In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.
26. n. (engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges.
27. n. A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes.
All furniture in the nursery had rounds on the edges and in the crevices.
28. n. (butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine.
29. n. (dated) A rung, as of a ladder.
30. n. A crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair.
31. n. A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution.
the round of the seasons; a round of pleasures
32. n. A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle.
33. n. A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
34. n. A circular dance.
35. n. Rotation, as in office; succession.
36. n. A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
37. n. An assembly; a group; a circle.
a round of politicians
38. n. A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
39. n. (archaic) A vessel filled, as for drinking.
40. n. (nautical) A round-top.
41. n. A round of beef.
42. prep. (rare in US) alternative form of around
I look round the room quickly to make sure it's neat.
43. adv. alternative form of around
44. v. To shape something into a curve.
The carpenter rounded the edges of the table.
45. v. (intransitive) To become shaped into a curve.
46. v. (with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out.
She rounded out her education with only a single mathematics class.
47. v. (intransitive) To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number.
Ninety-five rounds up to one hundred.
48. v. To turn past a boundary.
Helen watched him until he rounded the corner.
49. v. (intransitive) To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).
As a group of policemen went past him, one of them rounded on him, grabbing him by the arm.
50. v. (transitive, baseball) To advance to home plate.
And the runners round the bases on the double by Jones.
51. v. To go round, pass, go past.
52. v. To encircle; to encompass.
53. v. To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
54. v. (medicine, colloquial) To do ward rounds.
55. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To go round, as a guard; to make the rounds.
56. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To go or turn round; to wheel about.
57. v. (intransitive, archaic, or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To speak in a low tone; whisper; speak secretly; take counsel.
58. v. (transitive, archaic, or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To address or speak to in a whisper, utter in a whisper.
59. n. (archaic, or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A whisper; whispering.
60. n. (archaic, or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Discourse; song.
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).
a
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
I've seen it happen a hundred times.
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
4. art. The same; one.
We are of a mind on matters of morals.
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
Stand a tiptoe.
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
Torn a pieces.
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
I brush my teeth twice a day.
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
A God’s name.
13. prep. To do with status; In.
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
To set the people a worke.
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
The times, they are a-changin'.
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
Jacob, when he was a dying
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
The name of John a Gaunt.
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
nominal
1. adj. Of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or names.
2. adj. Assigned to or bearing a person's name.
3. adj. Existing in name only.
a nominal difference
4. adj. (philosophy) Of or relating to nominalism.
5. adj. Insignificantly small; trifling.
He gave me only a nominal sum for my services.
6. adj. Of or relating to the presumed or approximate value, rather than the actual value.
The nominal voltage is 1.5 V, but the actual figure is usually higher.
7. adj. (finance) Of, relating to, or being the amount or face value of a sum of money or a stock certificate, for example, and not the purchasing power or market value.
8. adj. (finance) Of, relating to, or being the rate of interest or return without adjustment for compounding or inflation.
9. adj. (grammar) Of or relating to a noun or word group that functions as a noun.
This sentence contains a nominal phrase.
10. adj. (engineering) According to plan or design; normal.
We'll just do a nominal flight check.
Apart from the slightly high temperature, all the readings from the spacecraft are nominal.
11. adj. (economics) Without adjustment to remove the effects of inflation; contrasted with real.
My employer does not understand how low my nominal wage is.
The nominal GNP of this country is pretty low.
12. adj. (statistics, of a variable) Having values whose order is insignificant.
13. n. (grammar) A noun or word group that functions as a noun phrase.
This sentence contains two nominals.
14. n. (grammar) A part of speech that shares features with nouns and adjectives.
15. n. A number (usually natural) used like a name; a numeric code or identifier (see also wikipedia).
Numeric codes of characters used in programming are nominals.
fee
1. n. (feudal law) A right to the use of a superior's land, as a stipend for services to be performed; also, the land so held; a fief.
2. n. (legal) An inheritable estate in land held of a feudal lord on condition of the performing of certain services.
3. n. (legal) An estate of inheritance in land, either absolute and without limitation to any particular class of heirs (fee simple) or limited to a particular class of heirs (fee tail).
4. n. (obsolete) Property; owndom; estate.
5. n. (obsolete) Money paid or bestowed; payment; emolument.
6. n. (obsolete) A prize or reward. Only used in the set phrase "A finder's fee" in Modern English.
7. n. A monetary payment charged for professional services.
8. v. To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe.
in
1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
2. prep. Contained by.
The dog is in the kennel.
3. prep. Within.
4. prep. Surrounded by.
We are in the enemy camp. Her plane is in the air.
5. prep. Part of; a member of.
One in a million. She's in band and orchestra.
6. prep. Pertaining to; with regard to.
What grade did he get in English?
Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.
7. prep. At the end of a period of time.
They said they would call us in a week.
8. prep. Within a certain elapsed time
Are you able to finish this in three hours? The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.
9. prep. During (said of periods of time).
in the first week of December; Easter falls in the fourth lunar month; The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi
10. prep. (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word.
English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s.
11. prep. Into.
Less water gets in your boots this way.
12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
13. prep. Indicating an order or arrangement.
My fat rolls around in folds.
14. prep. Denoting a state of the subject.
He stalked away in anger. John is in a coma.
15. prep. Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
You've got a friend in me. He's met his match in her.
16. prep. Wearing (an item of clothing).
I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.
17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
18. prep. (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties.
The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.
Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
19. prep. Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular.
His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages.
When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.
22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
Is Mr. Smith in?
23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
Suddenly a strange man walked in.
24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.
25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of.
What's that in?
26. adv. After the beginning of something.
27. n. A position of power or a way to get it.
His parents got him an in with the company
28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
30. adj. In fashion; popular.
Skirts are in this year.
31. adj. Incoming.
the in train
32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband
34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting.
35. n. Inch.
aid
1. n. Help; assistance; succor, relief.
He came to my aid when I was foundering.
2. n. A helper; an assistant.
3. n. Something which helps; a material source of help.
Slimming aids include dietary supplements and appetite suppressants.
4. n. (British) An historical subsidy granted to the crown by Parliament for an extraordinary purpose, such as a war effort.
5. n. (British) An exchequer loan.
6. n. (legal) A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his feudal lord on special occasions.
7. n. An aide-de-camp, so called by abbreviation.
The incompetent general's brilliant aid often made priceless suggestions.
8. v. To (give) support (to); to further the progress of; to help; to assist.
of
1. prep. Expressing distance or motion.
2. prep. (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off".
3. prep. (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
4. prep. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage.
5. prep. (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to.
What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three.
6. prep. Expressing separation.
7. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.)
Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband.
8. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.)
He seemed devoid of human feelings.
9. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.)
10. prep. Expressing origin.
11. prep. (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.)
The word is believed to be of Japanese origin.
12. prep. (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of.
The invention was born of necessity.
13. prep. (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.)
It is said that she died of a broken heart.
14. prep. (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.)
I am tired of all this nonsense.
15. prep. Expressing agency.
16. prep. (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).)
I am not particularly enamoured of this idea.
17. prep. (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below).
The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties.
18. prep. (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.)
It was very brave of you to speak out like that.
19. prep. Expressing composition, substance.
20. prep. (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.)
Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic.
21. prep. (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.)
She wore a dress of silk.
22. prep. (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.)
What a lot of nonsense!
23. prep. (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.)
Welcome to the historic town of Harwich.
24. prep. (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also".
I'm not driving this wreck of a car.
25. prep. Introducing subject matter.
26. prep. (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma
I'm always thinking of you.
27. prep. (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning.
He told us the story of his journey to India.
28. prep. (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.)
This behaviour is typical of teenagers.
29. prep. Having partitive effect.
30. prep. (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among".
Most of these apples are rotten.
31. prep. (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.)
32. prep. (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of.
On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort.
33. prep. (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).)
He is a friend of mine.
34. prep. Expressing possession.
35. prep. Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.
He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century.
36. prep. Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
The owner of the nightclub was arrested.
37. prep. Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter
Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames.
38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive".
39. prep. (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.)
She had a profound distrust of the police.
40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
41. prep. (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards.
My companion seemed affable and easy of manner.
42. prep. (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by".
Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain.
43. prep. (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.)
We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%.
44. prep. (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod
It's not that big of a deal.
45. prep. Expressing a point in time.
46. prep. (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river.
47. prep. (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time).
I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while.
48. prep. (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.)
After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off.
some
1. pron. A certain number, at least one.
Some enjoy spicy food, others prefer it milder.
2. pron. An indefinite quantity.
Can I have some of them?
3. pron. An indefinite amount, a part.
please give me some of the cake; everyone is wrong some of the time
4. det. A certain proportion of, at least one.
Some people like camping.
5. det. An unspecified quantity or number of.
Would you like some grapes?
6. det. An unspecified amount of (something un).
Would you like some water?
After some persuasion, he finally agreed.
7. det. A certain, an unspecified or unknown.
I've just met some guy who said he knew you.
The sequence S converges to zero for some initial value v.
8. det. A considerable quantity or number of; approximately.
He had edited the paper for some years.
9. det. (informal) A remarkable.
He is some acrobat!
10. adv. Of a measurement: approximately, roughly
I guess he must have weighed some 90 kilos.
Some 30,000 spectators witnessed the feat.
Some 4,000 acres of land were flooded.
suitable
1. adj. Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.
cause
1. n. (often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.
They identified a burst pipe as the cause of the flooding.
2. n. (especially with for and a bare noun) Sufficient reason for a state, as of emotion.
There is no cause for alarm.
The end of the war was a cause for celebration.
3. n. A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.
4. n. (obsolete) Sake; interest; advantage.
5. n. (obsolete) Any subject of discussion or debate; a matter; an affair.
6. n. (legal) A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.
7. v. To set off an event or action.
The lightning caused thunder.
8. v. To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.
His dogged determination caused the fundraising to be successful.
9. v. To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.

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