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it
     1. pron. The third-person singular personal pronoun that is normally used to refer to an inanimate object or abstract entity, also often used to refer to animals.
           Put it over there.
           Take each day as it comes.
           I heard the sound of the school bus - it was early today.
     2. pron. A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a child, especially of unknown gender.
           She took the baby and held it in her arms.
     3. pron. Used to refer to someone being identified, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation.
           It's me. John.
           Is it her?
     4. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement. (known as the dummy pronoun or weather it)
           It is nearly 10 o’clock.
           It’s 10:45 read ten-forty-five.
           It’s very cold today.
           It’s lonely without you.
     5. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent in various short idioms.
           stick it out
           live it up
           rough it
     6. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject i
           It is easy to see how she would think that. (with the infinitive clause headed by to see)
           I find it odd that you would say that. (with the noun clause introduced by that)
           It is hard seeing you so sick. (with the gerund seeing)
           He saw to it that everyone would vote for him. (with the noun clause introduced by that)
           It is not clear if the report was true. (with the noun clause introduced by if)
     7. pron. All or the end; something after which there is no more.
           Are there more students in this class, or is this it?
           That's it—I'm not going to any more candy stores with you.
     8. pron. (chiefly pejorative, offensive) A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an animate referent who is transgender or is neither female nor male.
     9. pron. (obsolete) (Followed by an omitted and understood relative pronoun): That which; what.
     10. det. (obsolete) its
     11. n. One who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being.
     12. n. The person who chases and tries to catch the other players in the playground game of tag.
           In the next game, Adam and Tom will be it…
     13. n. (British) The game of tag.
           Let's play it at breaktime.
     14. n. Sex appeal, especially that which goes beyond beauty.
     15. n. (euphemism) Sexual activity.
           caught them doing it
     16. adj. (colloquial) Most fashionable.
always
     1. adv. At all times; throughout all time
           God is always the same.
     2. adv. Constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals (opposed to sometimes or occasionally).
           In this street, the shops always close during lunchtime.
     3. adv. (informal) In any event.
           I thought I could always go back to work.
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.
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.
pain
     1. n. An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.
           The greatest difficulty lies in treating patients with chronic pain.
           I had to stop running when I started getting pains in my feet.
     2. n. The condition or fact of suffering or anguish especially mental, as opposed to pleasure; torment; distress
           In the final analysis, pain is a fact of life.
           The pain of departure was difficult to bear.
     3. n. (from pain in the neck) An annoying person or thing.
           Your mother is a right pain.
     4. n. (obsolete) Suffering inflicted as punishment or penalty.
           You may not leave this room on pain of death.
     5. n. Labour; effort; pains.
     6. v. To hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture.
           The wound pained him.
     7. v. To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve.
           It pains me to say that I must let you go.
     8. v. (transitive, obsolete) To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish.
     9. n. (obsolete, cooking) Any of various breads stuffed with a filling.
           gammon pain; Spanish pain
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
get
     1. v. (ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
           I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store.
           Lance is going to get Mary a ring.
     2. v. To receive.
           I got a computer from my parents for my birthday.
           You need to get permission to leave early.
           He got a severe reprimand for that.
     3. v. (transitive, in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. (See usage notes.)
           I've got a concert ticket for you.
     4. v. (copulative) To become.
           I'm getting hungry; how about you?
           Don't get drunk tonight.
     5. v. To cause to become; to bring about.
           That song gets me so depressed every time I hear it.
           I'll get this finished by lunchtime.
           I can't get these boots off upright - (or on'upright,).
     6. v. To fetch, bring, take.
           Can you get my bag from the living-room, please?
           I need to get this to the office.
     7. v. To cause to do.
           Somehow she got him to agree to it.
           I can't get it to work.
     8. v. (intransitive, with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries get into, get over, etc.) To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards
           The actors are getting into position.
           When are we going to get to London?
           I'm getting into a muddle.
           We got behind the wall.
     9. v. To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
           to get a mile
     10. v. To cause to come or go or move.
     11. v. To cause to be in a certain status or position.
     12. v. (intransitive) To begin (doing something).
           We ought to get moving or we'll be late.
           After lunch we got chatting.
     13. v. To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
           I normally get the 7:45 train.
           I'll get the 9 a.m. flight to Boston.
     14. v. To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
           Can you get that call, please? I'm busy.
     15. v. (intransitive, followed by infinitive) To be able, permitted (to do something); to have the opportunity (to do something).
           I'm so jealous that you got to see them perform live!
           The finders get to keep 80 percent of the treasure.
     16. v. (transitive, informal) To understand. (compare get it)
           Yeah, I get it, it's just not funny.
           I don't get what you mean by "fun". This place sucks!
           I mentioned that I was feeling sad, so she mailed me a box of chocolates. She gets me.
     17. v. (transitive, informal) To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
           "You look just like Helen Mirren." / "I get that a lot.".
     18. v. (informal) To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.
           He got bitten by a dog.
     19. v. To become ill with or catch (a disease).
           I went on holiday and got malaria.
     20. v. (transitive, informal) To catch out, trick successfully.
           He keeps calling pretending to be my boss—it gets me every time.
     21. v. (transitive, informal) To perplex, stump.
           That question's really got me.
     22. v. To find as an answer.
           What did you get for question four?
     23. v. (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
           The cops finally got me.
           I'm gonna get him for that.
     24. v. To hear completely; catch.
           Sorry, I didn't get that. Could you repeat it?
     25. v. To getter.
           I put the getter into the container to get the gases.
     26. v. (now rare) To beget (of a father).
     27. v. (archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
           to get a lesson;  to get out one's Greek lesson
     28. v. (imperative, informal) Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
           Get her with her new hairdo.
     29. v. (informal, mostly, imperative) Go away; get lost.
     30. v. (euphemism) To kill.
           They’re coming to get you, Barbara.
     31. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
     32. n. (dated) Offspring.
     33. n. Lineage.
     34. n. (sports) A difficult return or block of a shot.
     35. n. Something gained.
     36. n. (UK, regional) A git.
     37. n. (Judaism) A Jewish writ of divorce.
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.
sitter
     1. n. Someone who sits, e.g. for a portrait.
     2. n. One employed to watch or tend something; the general form of babysitter, housesitter, petsitter, etc.
           It's always such a pain to get a sitter on short notice.
     3. n. A participant in a séance.
     4. n. A broody hen.
     5. n. (football, and snooker, slang) A very easy scoring chance.
           How could he miss that? It was an absolute sitter!
on
     1. adj. In the state of being active, functioning or operating.
     2. adj. Performing according to schedule.
           Are we still on for tonight?
           Is the show still on?
     3. adj. (chiefly UK, informal, usually negative) Acceptable, appropriate.
           You can't do that; it's just not on.
     4. adj. (informal) Destined, normally in the context of a challenge being accepted; involved, doomed.
           "Five bucks says the Cavs win tonight." ―"You're on!".
           Mike just threw coffee onto Paul's lap. It's on now.
     5. adj. (baseball, informal) Having reached a base as a runner and being positioned there, awaiting further action from a subsequent batter.
     6. adj. (euphemistic) Menstruating.
     7. adv. To an operating state.
           turn the television on
     8. adv. Along, forwards (continuing an action).
           drive on, rock on
     9. adv. In continuation, at length.
           and so on.
           He rambled on and on.
     10. adv. (not US) Later.
           Ten years on, nothing had changed in the village.
     11. prep. Positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above.
           on the table;  on the couch
           The parrot was sitting on Jim's shoulder.
     12. prep. At or near; adjacent to.
           Soon we'll pass a statue on the left.
           The fleet is on the American coast.
           Croton-on-Hudson, Rostov-on-Don, Southend-on-Sea
     13. prep. Covering.
           He wore old shoes on his feet.
     14. prep. At the date of.
           Born on the 4th of July.
     15. prep. Some time during the day of.
           I'll see you on Monday.   The bus leaves on Friday.   Can I see you on a different day? On Sunday I'm busy.
     16. prep. Dealing with the subject of, about, or concerning something.
           A book on history.   The World Summit on the Information Society.
     17. prep. Touching; hanging from.
           The fruit ripened on the trees.   The painting hangs on the wall.
     18. prep. (informal) In the possession of.
           I haven't got any money on me.
     19. prep. Because of, or due to.
           To arrest someone on suspicion of bribery.   To contact someone on a hunch.
     20. prep. Upon; at the time of (and often because of).
           On Jack's entry, William got up to leave.
           On the addition of ammonia, a chemical reaction begins.
     21. prep. Paid for by.
           The drinks are on me tonight, boys.   The meal is on the house.   I paid for the airfare and meals for my family, but the hotel room was on the company.
     22. prep. Used to indicate a means or medium.
           I saw it on television.   Can't you see I'm on the phone?
     23. prep. Indicating a means of subsistence.
           They lived on ten dollars a week.   The dog survived three weeks on rainwater.
     24. prep. Away or occupied with (e.g. a scheduled activity).
           He's on his lunch break.   on vacation;  on holiday
     25. prep. Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with.
           to play on a violin or piano
           Her words made a lasting impression on my mind.
     26. prep. Regularly taking (a drug).
           You've been on these antidepressants far too long.   He's acting so strangely, I think he must be on something.
     27. prep. Under the influence of (a drug).
           He's acting crazy because he's on crack right now.
     28. prep. (mathematics) Having identical domain and codomain.
           a function on
     29. prep. (mathematics) HavingV^n as domain and V as codomain, for some set V and integer n.
           an operator on
     30. prep. (mathematics) Generated by.
           the free group on four letters
     31. prep. Supported by (the specified part of itself).
           A table can't stand on two legs.   After resting on his elbows, he stood on his toes, then walked on his heels.
     32. prep. At a given time after the start of something; at.
     33. prep. In addition to; besides; indicating multiplication or succession in a series.
           heaps on heaps of food
           mischief on mischief; loss on loss
     34. prep. (obsolete, regional) of
     35. prep. Indicating dependence or reliance; with confidence in.
           I depended on them for assistance.
           He will promise on certain conditions.
           Do you ever bet on horses?
     36. prep. Toward; for; indicating the object of an emotion.
           Have pity or compassion on him.
     37. prep. (obsolete) At the peril of, or for the safety of.
     38. prep. In the service of; connected with; of the number of.
           He is on a newspaper; I am on the committee.
     39. prep. By virtue of; with the pledge of.
           He affirmed or promised on his word, or on his honour.
     40. prep. To the account or detriment of; denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming to, falling, or resting upon.
           On us be all the blame.
           A curse on him!
           Please don't tell on her and get her in trouble.
           He turned on her and has been her enemy ever since.
           He went all honest on me, making me listen to his confession.
     41. v. (transitive, Singapore, Philippines) to switch on
           Can you on the light?
     42. prep. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Without.
     43. n. In the Japanese language, a pronunciation, or reading, of a kanji character that was originally based on the character's pronunciation in Chinese, contrasted with kun.
           Most kanji have two kinds of reading, called "on" and "kun".
short
     1. adj. Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
     2. adj. (of a person) Of comparatively little height.
     3. adj. Having little duration; opposite of long.
           Our meeting was a short six minutes today. Every day for the past month it's been at least twenty minutes long.
     4. adj. (followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
           “Phone” is short for “telephone” and "asap" short for "as soon as possible".
     5. adj. (cricket, of a fielder or fielding position) that is relatively close to the batsman.
     6. adj. (cricket, of a ball) that bounced relatively far from the batsman.
     7. adj. (golf, of an approach shot or putt) that falls short of the green or the hole.
     8. adj. (of pastries and metals) Brittle, crumbly, especially due to the use of too much shortening. (See shortbread, shortcake, shortcrust.)
     9. adj. Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.
           He gave a short answer to the question.
     10. adj. Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
           a short supply of provisions
     11. adj. Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking.
           to be short of money
           The cashier came up short ten dollars on his morning shift.
     12. adj. Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
           an account which is short of the truth
     13. adj. (obsolete) Not distant in time; near at hand.
     14. adj. Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
           I'm short General Motors because I think their sales are plunging.
     15. adv. Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
           They had to stop short to avoid hitting the dog in the street.
           He cut me short repeatedly in the meeting.
           The boss got a message and cut the meeting short.
     16. adv. Unawares.
           The recent developments at work caught them short.
     17. adv. Without achieving a goal or requirement.
           His speech fell short of what was expected.
     18. adv. (cricket, of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
     19. adv. (finance) With a negative ownership position.
           We went short most finance companies in July.
     20. n. A short circuit.
     21. n. A short film.
     22. n. Used to indicate a short-length version of a size
           38 short suits fit me right off the rack.
           Do you have that size in a short.
     23. n. (baseball) A shortstop.
           Jones smashes a grounder between third and short.
     24. n. (finance) A short seller.
           The market decline was terrible, but the shorts were buying champagne.
     25. n. (finance) A short sale.
           He closed out his short at a modest loss after three months.
     26. n. A summary account.
     27. n. (phonetics) A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
     28. n. (programming) An integer variable shorter than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
     29. v. To cause a short circuit in (something).
     30. v. (intransitive) Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.
     31. v. To shortchange.
     32. v. To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.
           This is the third time I've caught them shorting us.
     33. v. (transitive, business) To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.
     34. v. (obsolete) To shorten.
     35. prep. Deficient in.
           We are short a few men on the second shift.
           He's short common sense.
     36. prep. (finance) Having a negative position in.
           I don't want to be short the market going into the weekend.
notice
     1. n. (mostly) The act of observing; perception.
           He took no notice of the changes, and went on as though nothing had happened.
     2. n. A written or printed announcement.
           Shall we post a notice about the new policy?
           I always read the death notices in the paper.
     3. n. A formal notification or warning.
           The sidewalk adjacent to the damaged bridge stonework shall be closed until further notice.
     4. n. (chiefly un) Advance notification of termination of employment, given by an employer to an employee or vice versa.
           I gave her her mandatory two weeks' notice and sacked her.
           I can't work here any longer. I'm giving notice.
     5. n. Prior notification.
           I don't mind if you want to change the venue; just give me some notice first, OK?
     6. n. (dated) Attention; respectful treatment; civility.
     7. v. (transitive, now rare) To remark upon; to mention.
     8. v. To become aware of; to observe.
           Did you notice the flowers in her yard?
     9. v. (obsolete, transitive) To lavish attention upon; to treat (someone) favourably.
     10. v. (intransitive) To be noticeable; to show.
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