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I'm
1. contraction. Contraction of I am.
I
1. pron. The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence.
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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)
am
1. v. first-person singular present indicative of be
2. adv. alternative spelling of a.m.
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?
buying
1. v. present participle of buy
2. n. The act of making a purchase.
buy
1. v. To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods
I'm going to buy my father something nice for his birthday.
2. v. To obtain by some sacrifice.
I've bought material comfort by foregoing my dreams.
3. v. To bribe.
He tried to buy me with gifts, but I wouldn't give up my beliefs.
4. v. To be equivalent to in value.
The dollar doesn't buy as much as it used to.
5. v. (transitive, informal) to accept as true; to believe
I'm not going to buy your stupid excuses anymore!
6. v. (intransitive) To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a meal)
She buys for Federated.
Let's go out for dinner. I'm buying.
7. v. (poker slang) To make a bluff, usually a large one.
Smith tried to buy the pot on the river with a huge bluff
8. n. Something which is bought; a purchase.
At only $30, the second-hand kitchen table was a great buy.
writing
1. n. Graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning.
2. n. Something written, such as a document, article or book.
3. n. The process of representing a language with symbols or letters.
4. n. A work of an author.
5. n. The style of writing of a person.
I can't read your writing.
6. n. (as a modifier) Intended for or used in writing.
a writing table
7. v. present participle of write
write
1. v. To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
The pupil wrote his name on the paper.
Your son has been writing on the wall.
2. v. To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).
My uncle writes newspaper articles for The Herald.
3. v. To send written information to.
(UK) Please write to me when you get there.
(US) Please write me when you get there.
4. v. To show (information, etc) in written form.
The due day of the homework is written in the syllabus.
5. v. (intransitive) To be an author.
I write for a living.
6. v. (computing, intransitive, with to) To record data mechanically or electronically.
The computer writes to the disk faster than it reads from it.
7. v. (transitive, South Africa, Canada, of an exam, a document, etc.) To fill in, to complete using words.
I was very anxious to know my score after I wrote the test.
8. v. To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave.
truth written on the heart
9. v. To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; often used reflexively.
10. n. (computing) The operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk.
How many writes per second can this hard disk handle?
paper
1. n. A sheet material used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.
2. n. A newspaper or anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).
3. n. Wallpaper.
4. n. Wrapping paper.
5. n. (rock paper scissors) An open hand (a handshape resembling a sheet of paper), that beats rock and loses to scissors. It loses to lizard and beats Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
6. n. A written document, generally shorter than a book (white paper, term paper), in particular one written for the Government.
7. n. A written document that reports scientific or academic research and is usually subjected to peer review before publication in a scientific journal (as a journal article or the manuscript for one) or i
8. n. A scholastic essay.
9. n. (slang) Money.
10. n. (New Zealand) A university course.
11. n. A paper packet containing a quantity of items.
a paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc.
12. n. A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application.
cantharides paper
13. n. A substance resembling paper secreted by certain invertebrates as protection for their nests and eggs.
14. adj. Made of paper.
paper bag; paper plane
15. adj. Insubstantial (from the weakness of common paper)
paper tiger; paper gangster
16. adj. Planned (from plans being drawn up on paper)
paper rocket; paper engine
17. v. To apply paper to.
to paper the hallway walls
18. v. To document; to memorialize.
After they reached an agreement, their staffs papered it up.
19. v. To fill a theatre or other paid event with complimentary seats.
As the event has not sold well, we'll need to paper the house.
20. v. To submit papers to (a law court, etc.).
stamps
1. n. plural of stamp
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of stamp
stamp
1. n. An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof.
The horse gave two quick stamps and rose up on its hind legs.
2. n. An indentation or imprint made by stamping.
My passport has quite a collection of stamps.
3. n. A device for stamping designs.
She loved to make designs with her collection of stamps.
4. n. A small piece of paper bearing a design on one side and adhesive on the other, used to decorate letters or craft work.
These stamps have a Christmas theme.
5. n. A small piece of paper, with a design and a face value, used to prepay postage or other costs such as tax or licence fees.
I need one first-class stamp to send this letter.
Now that commerce is done electronically, tax stamps are no longer issued here.
6. n. (slang) A tattoo
7. n. (slang) A single dose of lysergic acid diethylamide
8. v. (intransitive) To step quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly.
The toddler screamed and stamped, but still got no candy.
9. v. To move (the foot or feet) quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly.
The crowd cheered and stamped their feet in appreciation.
10. v. To strike, beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.
11. v. To mark by pressing quickly and heavily.
This machine stamps the metal cover with a design.
This machine stamps the design into the metal cover.
12. v. To give an official marking to, generally by impressing or imprinting a design or symbol.
The immigration officer stamped my passport.
13. v. To apply postage stamps to.
I forgot to stamp this letter.
14. v. (transitive, figurative) To mark; to impress.
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.
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.
tissues
1. n. plural of tissue
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of tissue
tissue
1. n. Thin, woven, gauze-like fabric.
2. n. A fine transparent silk material, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures.
3. n. A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief.
4. n. Absorbent paper as material.
5. n. (biology) A group of similar cells that function together to do a specific job.
6. n. Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series.
a tissue of forgeries, or of lies
7. v. To form tissue of; to interweave.

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