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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)
6. pron. nonstandard spelling of I
finally
1. adv. At the end or conclusion; ultimately.
The contest was long, but the Romans finally conquered.
2. adv. (sequence) To finish (with); lastly (in the present).
Finally, I washed my dog.
3. adv. (manner) Definitively, comprehensively.
The question of his long-term success has now been finally settled.
managed
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of manage
manage
1. v. To direct or be in charge of.
2. v. To handle or control (a situation, job).
3. v. To handle with skill, wield (a tool, weapon etc.).
4. v. (intransitive) To succeed at an attempt.
He managed to climb the tower.
5. v. To achieve (something) without fuss, or without outside help.
It's a tough job, but I'll manage.
6. v. To train (a horse) in the manège; to exercise in graceful or artful action.
7. v. (obsolete) To treat with care; to husband.
8. v. (obsolete) To bring about; to contrive.
9. n. (now rare) The act of managing or controlling something.
10. n. (horseriding) Manège.
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
extricate
1. v. To free, disengage, loosen, or untangle.
I finally managed to extricate myself from the tight jacket.
The firemen had to use the jaws of life to extricate Monica from the car wreck.
2. v. (rare) To free from intricacies or perplexity
Myself
1. pron. alternative case form of myself used when speaking as God or another important figure who is understood from context.
2. pron. (reflexive pronoun) Me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject.
I taught myself.
3. pron. Personally, for my part; used in apposition to I, sometimes for simple emphasis and sometimes with implicit exclusion of any others performing the activity described.
4. pron. In my normal state of body or mind.
5. pron. Me (as the object of a verb or preposition).
I feel like myself.
6. pron. (archaic) I (as the subject of a verb).
7. pron. (India, Pakistan, nonstandard) my name is...
Myself John.
from
1. prep. With the source or provenance of or at.
This wine comes from France.
I got a letter from my brother.
2. prep. With the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at.
He had books piled from floor to ceiling.
He left yesterday from Chicago.
Face away from the wall!
3. prep. (mathematics, now uncommon) Denoting a subtraction operation.
20 from 31 leaves 11.
4. prep. With the separation, exclusion or differentiation of.
An umbrella protects from the sun.
He knows right from wrong.
the
1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
2. art. Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
The street that runs through my hometown.
3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
God save the Queen!
4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
That was the best apple pie ever.
5. art. Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
That apple pie was the best.
6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
No one in the whole country had seen it before.
I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
The hotter the better.
The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
tight
1. adj. Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.
tight cloth; a tight knot
2. adj. Unyielding or firm
tight control on a situation
3. adj. Under high tension.
Make sure to pull the rope tight.
4. adj. (colloquial) Scarce, hard to come by.
I grew up in a poor neighborhood; money was very tight, but we made do.
5. adj. (colloquial, figurative) Intimately friendly.
We've grown tighter over the years.
6. adj. (slang) Miserly or frugal.
He's a bit tight with his money.
7. adj. (of a space, design or arrangement) Narrow, such that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it.
The passageway was so tight we could barely get through.
They flew in a tight formation.
8. adj. Fitting close, or too close, to the body.
a tight coat; My socks are too tight.
9. adj. Of a turn, sharp, so that the timeframe for making it is narrow and following it is difficult.
The mountain pass was made dangerous by its many tight corners.
10. adj. Lacking holes; difficult to penetrate; waterproof.
11. adj. Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution.
Their marching band is extremely tight.
12. adj. (sport) Not conceding many goals.
13. adj. (slang) Intoxicated; drunk or acting like being drunk.
We went drinking and got tight.
14. adj. (slang) Extraordinarily great or special.
That is one tight bicycle!
15. adj. (slang)) Mean; unfair; unkind.
16. adj. (obsolete) Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.
17. adj. (obsolete) Handy; adroit; brisk.
18. adv. Firmly, so as not to come loose easily.
Make sure the lid is closed tight.
19. adv. Soundly.
Good night, sleep tight.
20. v. (obsolete) To tighten.
jacket
1. n. A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
2. n. A piece of a person's suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat; coat (US)
3. n. A removable or replaceable protective or insulating cover for an object (e.g. a book, hot water tank.)
4. n. (slang) A police record.
5. n. (military) In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reinforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.
6. n. The tough outer skin of a baked potato.
Cook the potatoes in their jackets.
7. v. To enclose or encase in a jacket or other covering.

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