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I've
     1. contraction. I have.
     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)
     have
                Additional archaic forms are second-person singular present tense hast, third-person singular present tense hath, present participle haveing, and second-person singular past tense hadst.
          1. v. To possess, own, hold.
                I have a house and a car.
                Look what I have here — a frog I found on the street!
          2. v. To be related in some way to (with the object identifying the relationship).
                I have two sisters.
                I have a lot of work to do.
          3. v. To partake of a particular substance (especially a food or drink) or action.
                I have breakfast at six o'clock.
                Can I have a look at that?
                I'm going to have some pizza and a beer right now.
          4. v. To be scheduled to attend or participate in.
                What class do you have right now? I have English.
                Fred won't be able to come to the party; he has a meeting that day.
          5. v. (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) (Used in forming the perfect aspect and the past perfect aspect.)
                I have already eaten today.
                I had already eaten.
          6. v. (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to.
                I have to go.
          7. v. To give birth to.
                The couple always wanted to have children.
                My wife is having the baby right now!
                My mother had me when she was 25.
          8. v. To engage in sexual intercourse with.
                He's always bragging about how many women he's had.
          9. v. To accept as a romantic partner.
                Despite my protestations of love, she would not have me.
          10. v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
                They had me feed their dog while they were out of town.
          11. v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.
                He had him arrested for trespassing.
                The lecture's ending had the entire audience in tears.
          12. v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)
                The hospital had several patients contract pneumonia last week.
                I've had three people today tell me my hair looks nice.
          13. v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.
                Their stories differed; he said he'd been at work when the incident occurred, but her statement had him at home that entire evening.
          14. v. (Used as interrogative auxiliary verb with a following pronoun to form tag questions. (For further discussion, see "Usage notes" below.))
                We haven't eaten dinner yet, have we?
                Your wife hasn't been reading that nonsense, has she?
                (UK usage) He has some money, hasn't he?
          15. v. (UK, slang) To defeat in a fight; take.
                I could have him!
                I'm gonna have you!
          16. v. (dated) To be able to speak a language.
                I have no German.
          17. v. To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
                Dan certainly has arms today, probably from scraping paint off four columns the day before.
          18. v. To be afflicted with, suffer from.
                He had a cold last week.
          19. v. To experience, go through, undergo.
                We had a hard year last year, with the locust swarms and all that.
                He had surgery on his hip yesterday.
                I'm having the time of my life!
          20. v. To trick, to deceive.
                You had me alright! I never would have thought that was just a joke.
          21. v. (transitive, often with present participle) To allow; to tolerate.
                The child screamed incessantly for his mother to buy him a toy, but she wasn't having any of it.
                I asked my dad if I could go to the concert this Thursday, but he wouldn't have it since it's a school night.
          22. v. (transitive, often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by.
                I made up an excuse as to why I was out so late, but my wife wasn't having any of it.
          23. v. To host someone; to take in as a guest.
                Thank you for having me!
          24. v. To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.
                What do you have for problem two?
                I have two contacts on my scope.
          25. v. (transitive, of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.
                We'll schedule closing arguments for Thursday, and the jury will have the case by that afternoon.
          26. n. A wealthy or privileged person.
          27. n. (uncommon) One who has some (contextually specified) thing.
          28. n. (AU, NZ, informal) A fraud or deception; something misleading.
                They advertise it as a great deal, but I think it's a bit of a have.
seen
     1. v. past participle of see
     2. v. (nonstandard, dialectal) simple past tense of see; saw.
           I seen it with my own eyes.
     3. n. The letter س in the Arabic script.
     see
          1. v. (stative) To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight.
          2. v.          To witness or observe by personal experience.
                        Now I've seen it all!
                        I have been blind since birth and I love to read Braille. When the books arrive in from the library, I can’t wait to see what stories they have s
                        I saw military service in Vietnam.
          3. v. To form a mental picture of.
          4. v.          (figuratively) To understand.
                        Do you see what I mean?
          5. v.          To come to a realization of having been mistaken or misled.
                        They're blind to the damage they do, but someday they'll see.
          6. v. (social) To meet, to visit.
          7. v.          To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit.
                        to go to see a friend
          8. v.          To date frequently.
                        I've been seeing her for two months
          9. v. To be the setting or time of.
                The 20th century saw humanity's first space exploration.
          10. v. (by extension) To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.
                I'll see you hang for this!  I saw that they didn't make any more trouble.
          11. v. (gambling) To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.
                I'll see your twenty dollars and raise you ten.
          12. v. (sometimes mystical) To foresee, predict, or prophesy.
                The oracle saw the destruction of the city.
          13. v. To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).
                I'll come over later and see if I can fix your computer.
          14. v. (used in the imperative) (Used to emphasise a proposition.)
                You see, Johnny, your Dad isn't your real dad.
          15. v. (used in the imperative) To reference or to study for further details.
                Step 4: In the system, check out the laptop to the student (see: "Logging Resources" in the Tutor Manual).
                This article is about the insect. For the English rock band, see.
                For a complete proof of the Poincaré conjecture, see Appendix C.
          16. interj. Directing the audience to pay attention to the following
                See here, fellas, there's no need for all this rucus!
          17. interj. Introducing an explanation
                See, in order to win the full prize we would have to come up with a scheme to land a rover on the Moon.
          18. n. A diocese, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop, especially an archbishop.
          19. n. The office of a bishop or archbishop; bishopric or archbishopric
          20. n. A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.
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.
drink
     1. v. To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
           He drank the water I gave him.
           You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.
     2. v. (transitive, metonymic) To consume the liquid contained within (a bottle, glass, etc.).
           Jack drank the whole bottle by himself.
     3. v. (intransitive) To consume alcoholic beverages.
           You've been drinking, haven't you?
           No thanks, I don't drink.
     4. v. To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.
     5. v. To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.
     6. v. (transitive, obsolete) To smoke, as tobacco.
     7. n. A beverage.
           I’d like another drink please.
     8. n. A (served) alcoholic beverage.
           Can I buy you a drink?
     9. n. The action of drinking, especially with the verbs take or have.
           He was about to take a drink from his root beer.
     10. n. A type of beverage (usually mixed).
           My favourite drink is the White Russian.
     11. n. Alcoholic beverages in general.
     12. n. (colloquial, with the) Any body of water.
           If he doesn't pay off the mafia, he’ll wear cement shoes to the bottom of the drink!
     13. n. (archaic) Drinks in general; something to drink
way
     1. n. To do with a place or places.:
     2. n.          A road, a direction, a (physical or conceptual) path from one place to another.
                   Do you know the way to the airport?  Come this way and I'll show you a shortcut.  It's a long way from here.
     3. n.          A means to enter or leave a place.
                   We got into the cinema through the back way.
     4. n.          A roughly-defined geographical area.
                   If you're ever 'round this way, come over and visit me.
     5. n. A method or manner of doing something; a mannerism.
           You're going about it the wrong way.  He's known for his quirky ways.  I don't like the way she looks at me.
     6. n. A state or condition
           When I returned home, I found my house and belongings in a most terrible way.
     7. n. Personal interaction.:
     8. n.          Possibility (usually in the phrases 'any way' and 'no way').
                   There's no way I'm going to clean up after you.
     9. n.          Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct.
                   My little sister always whines until she gets her way.
     10. n. (paganism) A tradition within the modern pagan faith of Heathenry, dedication to a specific deity or craft, Way of wyrd, Way of runes, Way of Thor etc.
     11. n. (nautical) Speed, progress, momentum.
     12. n. A degree, an amount, a sense.
           In a large way, crocodiles and alligators are similar.
     13. n. (US, As the head of an interjectory clause) Acknowledges that a task has been done well, chiefly in expressions of sarcastic congratulation.
           Way to ruin the moment, guys.
     14. n. (plural only) The timbers of shipyard stocks that slope into the water and along which a ship or large boat is launched.
     15. n. (plural only) The longitudinal guiding surfaces on the bed of a planer, lathe, etc. along which a table or carriage moves.
     16. interj. (only in reply to no way) It is true.
     17. v. (obsolete) To travel.
     18. adv. (informal, with comparative or modified adjective) Much.
           I'm way too tired to do that.
           I'm a way better singer than Emma.
     19. adv. (slang) Very.
           I'm way tired
           String theory is way cool, except for the math.
     20. adv. (informal) Far.
           I used to live way over there.
           The farmhouse is way down the bottom of the hill.
     21. n. The letter for the w sound in Pitman shorthand.
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
than
     1. conj. (obsolete, outside, dialects, usually used with for) Because; for.
     2. conj. Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison.
           she's taller than I am;  she found his advice more witty than helpful;  we have less work today than we had yesterday;  it's bigger than I thought it was
     3. prep. introduces a comparison, and is associated with comparatives, and with words such as more, less, and fewer. Typically, it seeks to measure the force of an adjective or similar description between two
           Patients diagnosed more recently are probably surviving an average of longer than two years.
     4. adv. (now chiefly dialectal) At that time; then.
that
     1. conj. Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement.
           He told me that the book is a good read.
           I believe that it is true. — She is convinced that he is British.
     2. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause expressing a reason or cause: because, in that.
           Be glad that you have enough to eat.
     3. conj. (now uncommon) Introducing a subordinate clause that expresses an aim, purpose or goal ("final"), and usually contains the auxiliaries may, might or should: so, so that.
     4. conj. Introducing — especially, but not exclusively, with an antecedent like so or such — a subordinate clause expressing a result, consequence or effect.
           The noise was so loud that she woke up.
           The problem was sufficiently important that it had to be addressed.
     5. conj. (archaic, or poetic) Introducing a premise or supposition for consideration: seeing as; inasmuch as; given that; as would appear from the fact that.
     6. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause modifying an adverb.
           Was John there? — Not that I saw.
           How often did she visit him? — Twice that I saw.
     7. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a desire or wish.
     8. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a strong emotion such as sadness or surprise.
     9. det. The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction.
           That book is a good read. This one isn't.
           That battle was in 1450.
           That cat of yours is evil.
     10. pron. (demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "t
           He went home, and after that I never saw him again.
     11. pron. The known (thing); (used to refer to something just said).
           They're getting divorced. What do you think about that?
     12. pron. (demonstrative) The aforementioned quality; used together with a verb and pronoun to emphatically repeat a previous statement.
           The water is so cold! — That it is.
     13. pron. (relative) (plural that) Which, who; (representing a subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition).
           The CPR course that she took really came in handy.
           The house that he lived in was old and dilapidated.
     14. pron. (colloquial) (Used in place of relative adverbs such as where or when; often omitted.)
           the place that = where or to which I went last year
           the last time that = when I went to Europe
     15. adv. (degree) To a given extent or degree.
           "The ribbon was that thin." "I disagree, I say it was not that thin, it was thicker... or maybe thinner...".
     16. adv. (degree) To a great extent or degree; very, particularly (in negative constructions).
           I'm just not that sick.
           I did the run last year, and it wasn't that difficult.
     17. adv. (obsolete, outside, dialects) To such an extent; so. (in positive constructions).
           Ooh, I was that happy I nearly kissed her.
     18. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is there; one of those.
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.
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.
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.
slur
     1. n. An insult or slight.
           a racial slur
     2. n. (music) A set of notes that are played legato, without separate articulation.
     3. n. (music) The symbol indicating a legato passage, written as an arc over the slurred notes (not to be confused with a tie).
     4. n. (obsolete) A trick or deception.
     5. n. In knitting machines, a device for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.
     6. v. To insult or slight.
     7. v. To run together; to articulate poorly.
           to slur syllables;  He slurs his speech when he is drunk.
     8. v. (music) To play legato or without separate articulation; to connect (notes) smoothly.
     9. v. To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
     10. v. To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.
     11. v. To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick.
     12. v. (printing, dated) To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.
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