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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.
practice
     1. n. Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.
           He will need lots of practice with the lines before he performs them.
     2. n. An organized event for the purpose of performing such repetition.
           Being on a team is hard: you're always having to go to practice while everyone else is taking it easy.
           I have choir practice every Sunday after church.
     3. n. (especially, medicine, arts) The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.
     4. n. A place where a professional service is provided, such as a general practice.
           She ran a thriving medical practice.
     5. n. The observance of religious duties that a church requires of its members.
     6. n. A customary action, habit, or behaviour; a manner or routine.
           It is the usual practice of employees there to wear neckties only when meeting with customers.
           It is good practice to check each door and window before leaving.
     7. n. Actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory.
           That may work in theory, but will it work in practice?
     8. n. (legal) The form, manner, and order of conducting and carrying on suits and prosecutions through their various stages, according to the principles of law and the rules laid down by the courts.
           This firm of solicitors is involved in family law practice.
     9. n. Skilful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; stratagem; artifice.
     10. n. (math) A easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business.
     11. v. alternative spelling of practise
No
     1. adv. (archaic) Alternative form of No.
     2. n. Alternative form of No.
     3. n. Alternative form of Noh: a form of classical Japanese drama.
     4. det. Not any.
           no one
           There is no water left.
           No hot dogs were sold yesterday.
           No customer personal data will be retained unless it is rendered anonymous.
           There was no score at the end of the first period. (The score was 0-0.)
     5. det. Hardly any.
           We'll be finished in no time at all.
     6. det. Not any possibility or allowance of (doing something).
           No smoking
           There's no stopping her once she gets going.
     7. det. Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully.
           My mother's no fool.
           Working nine to five every day is no life.
     8. adv. (now only used with comparatives, except in Scotland) Not, not at all.
           It is a different kind of torture, but no less gruesome.
           I just want to find out whether she's coming or no.
     9. part. Used to show disagreement or negation.
           No, you are mistaken.
           No, you may not watch television now.
     10. part. Used to show agreement with a negative question.
           "Don’t you like milk?" "No" (i.e., "No, I don’t like milk.")
     11. part. (colloquial) As if to say, "No, don’t doubt this!", or to deny an imagined contradictory statement, used to show intense agreement
           No, totally.
           No, yeah, that's exactly right.
           "Wow!" "Yeah, no, it was really awful!".
           No, yeah
     12. n. A negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement or disapproval.
     13. n. A vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition.
           The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty "yeses" and one "no".
     14. adv. (archaic) Alternative form of No.
     15. n. Alternative form of No.
interviewee
     1. n. Someone being interviewed, i.e. the person answering the questions.
knew
     1. v. simple past tense of know
     know
          1. v. To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of or that.
                I know that I’m right and you’re wrong.
                He knew something terrible was going to happen.
          2. v. To be aware of; to be cognizant of.
                Did you know Michelle and Jack were getting divorced? ― Yes, I knew.
                She knows where I live.
                I knew he was upset, but I didn't understand why.
          3. v. To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered.
                I know your mother, but I’ve never met your father.
          4. v. To experience.
                Their relationship knew ups and downs.
          5. v. To distinguish, to discern, particularly by contrast or comparison; to recognize the nature of.
                to know a person's face or figure
                to know right from wrong
                I wouldn't know one from the other.
          6. v. To recognize as the same (as someone or something previously encountered) after an absence or change.
          7. v. To understand or have a grasp of through experience or study.
                Let me do it. I know how it works.
                She knows how to swim.
                His mother tongue is Italian, but he also knows French and English.
                She knows chemistry better than anybody else.
                Know your enemy and know yourself.
          8. v. (transitive, archaic, Biblical) To have sexual relations with.
          9. v. (intransitive) To have knowledge; to have information, be informed.
                It is vital that he not know.
                She knew of our plan.
                He knows about 19th century politics.
          10. v. (intransitive) To be or become aware or cognizant.
                Did you know Michelle and Jack were getting divorced? ― Yes, I knew.
          11. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be acquainted (with another person).
          12. v. To be able to play or perform (a song or other piece of music).
                Do you know "Blueberry Hill"?
          13. n. (rare) Knowledge; the state of knowing.
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.
such
     1. det. (demonstrative) Like this, that, these, those; used to make a comparison with something implied by context.
           I’ve never seen such clouds in the sky before.  Such is life.
     2. det. (particularly used in formal documents) Any.
           the above address or at such other address as may notify
     3. det. Used as an intensifier; roughly equivalent to very much of.
           The party was such a bore.
     4. det. (obsolete) A certain; representing the object as already particularized in terms which are not mentioned.
     5. pron. A person, a thing, people or things like the one or ones already mentioned.
     6. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is similar to something else.
cases
     1. n. plural of case
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of case
           While the detective cases the joint, they'll get away.
     case
          1. n. An actual event, situation, or fact.
                For a change, in this case, he was telling the truth.
                It is not the case that every unfamiliar phrase is an idiom.
                In case of fire, break glass. sign on fire extinguisher holder in public space
          2. n. (now rare) A given condition or state.
          3. n. A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession.
                It was one of the detective's easiest cases.  Social workers should work on a maximum of forty active cases.  The doctor told us of an interesting case he had treated that morning.
          4. n. (academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.
                The teaching consists of theory lessons and case studies.
          5. n. (legal) A legal proceeding, lawsuit.
          6. n. (grammar) A specific inflection of a word depending on its function in the sentence.
                The accusative case canonically indicates a direct object.  Latin has six cases, and remnants of a seventh.
          7. n. (grammar) Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language.
                Jane has been studying case in Caucasian languages.  Latin is a language that employs case.
          8. n. (medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
                There were another five cases reported overnight.
          9. n. (programming) A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
          10. v. (obsolete) To propose hypothetical cases.
          11. n. A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
          12. n. A box, sheath, or covering generally.
                a case for spectacles; the case of a watch
          13. n. A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
          14. n. An enclosing frame or casing.
                a door case; a window case
          15. n. A suitcase.
          16. n. A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.
          17. n. The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
          18. n. (printing, historical) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally arranged in sets of two, the "upper case" (containing capitals, small capitals, accented) and
          19. n. (typography, by extension) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.
          20. n. (poker slang) Four of a kind.
          21. n. (US) A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid ounces.
          22. n. (mining) A small fissure which admits water into the workings.
          23. n. A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.
          24. adj. (poker slang) The last remaining card of a particular rank.
                He drew the case eight!
          25. v. To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
          26. v. To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.
          27. v. (transitive, informal) To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.
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