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please
     1. v. To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.
           Her presentation pleased the executives.
           I'm pleased to see you've been behaving yourself.
     2. v. (intransitive, ergative) To desire; to will; to be pleased by.
           Just do as you please.
     3. adv. Used to make a polite request.
           Please, pass the bread.
           Would you please sign this form?
           Could you tell me the time, please?
           May I take your order, please?
     4. adv. Used as an affirmative to an offer.
           —May I help you? —Please.
     5. adv. An expression of annoyance or impatience.
           Oh, please, do we have to hear that again?
     6. adv. (Cincinnati) Said as a request to repeat information.
don't
     1. v. do not (negative auxiliaryArnold M. Zwicky and Geoffrey K. Pullum, , Language 59 (3), 1983, pp. 502-513)
     2. v. (nonstandard) does not
     3. v. (African American Vernacular English) Used before an emphatic negative subject.
           Don’t nobody care.
     4. interj. Stop!, Don't touch that!
     5. n. Something that must not be done (1=usually in the phrase dos and don'ts).
     do
          1. v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker
          2. v.          (auxiliary) A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be.
                        Do you go there often?
          3. v.          (auxiliary) A syntactic marker in negations with the indicative and imperative moods.
                        I do not go there often.
                        Do not listen to him.
          4. v.          (auxiliary) A syntactic marker for emphasis with the indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods.
                        But I do go sometimes.
                        Do tell us.
                        It is important that he do come see me.
          5. v.          (pro-verb) A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; not generally used with auxiliari
                        I play tennis; she does too.
                   #     They don't think it be like it is, but it do.
          6. v. To perform; to execute.
                All you ever do is surf the Internet. What will you do this afternoon?
          7. v. (obsolete) To cause, make (someone) (do something).
          8. v. (intransitive, transitive) To suffice.
                it’s not the best broom, but it will have to do;  this will do me, thanks.
          9. v. (intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.
                It simply will not do to have dozens of children running around such a quiet event.
          10. v. To have (as an effect).
                The fresh air did him some good.
          11. v. (intransitive) To fare, perform (well or poorly).
                Our relationship isn't doing very well;  how do you do?
          12. v. (transitive, chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.
                What does Bob do? — He's a plumber.
          13. v. To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something)
                "Don't forget to do your report" means something quite different depending on whether you're a student or a programmer.
          14. v. To cook.
                I'll just do some eggs.
          15. v. To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
                Let’s do New York also.
          16. v. To treat in a certain way.
          17. v. To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.
          18. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.
          19. v. (see also do time) To spend (time) in jail.
                I did five years for armed robbery.
          20. v. To impersonate or depict.
                They really laughed when he did Clinton, with a perfect accent and a leer.
          21. v. (transitive, slang) To kill.
          22. v. (transitive, slang) To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
          23. v. (informal) To punish for a misdemeanor.
                He got done for speeding.
                Teacher'll do you for that!
          24. v. (transitive, slang) To have sex with. (See also do it)
          25. v. To cheat or swindle.
                That guy just did me out of two hundred bucks!
          26. v. To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
                the novel has just been done into English;  I'm going to do this play into a movie
          27. v. (transitive, intransitive) To finish.
                Aren't you done yet?
          28. v. (dated) To work as a domestic servant (with for).
          29. v. (archaic, dialectal, transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
          30. v. (stock exchange) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
          31. v. (informal, transitive) To make or provide.
                Do they do haircuts there?
                Could you do me a burger with mayonnaise instead of ketchup?
          32. v. (informal, transitive) To injure (one's own body part).
          33. v. To take drugs.
                I do cocaine.
          34. v. (transitive, in the form be doing somewhere) To exist with a purpose or for a reason.
                What's that car doing in our swimming pool? -
          35. n. (colloquial) A party, celebration, social function.
                We’re having a bit of a do on Saturday to celebrate my birthday.
          36. n. (informal) A hairdo.
                Nice do!
          37. n. Something that can or should be done (usually in the phrase dos and don'ts).
          38. n. (obsolete) A deed; an act.
          39. n. (archaic) Ado; bustle; stir; to-do; A period of confusion or argument.
          40. n. (obsolete, UK, slang) A cheat; a swindler.
          41. n. (obsolete, UK, slang) An act of swindling; a fraud or deception.
          42. n. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
          43. adv. (rare) (abbreviation of ditto)
     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.
walk
     1. v. (intransitive) To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times
           To walk briskly for an hour every day is to keep fit.
     2. v. (intransitive, colloquial, legal) To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty.
           If you can’t present a better case, that robber is going to walk.
     3. v. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) Of an object, to go missing or be stolen.
           If you leave your wallet lying around, it’s going to walk.
     4. v. (intransitive, cricket, of a batsman) To walk off the field, as if given out, after the fielding side appeals and before the umpire has ruled; done as a matter of sportsmanship when the batsman believ
     5. v. To travel (a distance) by walking.
           I walk two miles to school every day.  The museum’s not far from here – you can walk it.
     6. v. To take for a walk or accompany on a walk.
           I walk the dog every morning.  Will you walk me home?
     7. v. (transitive, baseball) To allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls.
     8. v. To move something by shifting between two positions, as if it were walking.
           I carefully walked the ladder along the wall.
     9. v. To full; to beat cloth to give it the consistency of felt.
     10. v. To traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement).
           I walked the streets aimlessly.   Debugging this computer program involved walking the heap.
     11. v. (transitive, aviation) To operate the left and right throttles of (an aircraft) in alternation.
     12. v. (intransitive, colloquial) To leave, resign.
           If we don't offer him more money he'll walk.
     13. v. To push (a vehicle) alongside oneself as one walks.
     14. v. To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct oneself.
     15. v. To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; said of things or persons expected to remain quiet, such as a sleeping person, or the spirit of a dead person.
     16. v. (obsolete) To be in motion; to act; to move.
     17. v. (transitive, historical) To put, keep, or train (a puppy) in a walk, or training area for dogfighting.
     18. v. (transitive, informal, hotel) To move a guest to another hotel if their confirmed reservation is not available on day of check-in.
     19. n. A trip made by walking.
           I take a walk every morning
     20. n. A distance walked.
           It’s a long walk from my house to the library
     21. n. (sports) An Olympic Games track event requiring that the heel of the leading foot touch the ground before the toe of the trailing foot leaves the ground.
     22. n. A manner of walking; a person's style of walking.
           The Ministry of Silly Walks is underfunded this year
     23. n. A path, sidewalk/pavement or other maintained place on which to walk. Compare trail.
     24. n. (poker) A situation where all players fold to the big blind, as their first action (instead of calling or raising), once they get their cards.
     25. n. (baseball) An award of first base to a batter following four balls being thrown by the pitcher; known in the rules as a "base on balls".
           The pitcher now has two walks in this inning alone
     26. n. In coffee, coconut, and other plantations, the space between them.
     27. n. (Caribbean, Guyana, Belize) An area of an estate planted with fruit-bearing trees.Lise Winer (ed.), Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad and Tobago, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2008, p.(n
     28. n. (historical) A place for keeping and training puppies for dogfighting.
     29. n. (historical) An enclosed area in which a gamecock is confined to prepare him for fighting.
     30. n. (graph theory) A sequence of alternating vertices and edges, where each edge's endpoints are the preceding and following vertices in the sequence.
     31. n. (colloquial) Something very easily accomplished; a walk in the park.
     32. n. (finance) A cheque drawn on a bank that was not a member of the London Clearing and whose sort code was allocated on a one-off basis; they had to be "walked" (hand-delivered by messengers).
So
     1. n. A Mon-Khmer-speaking people of Laos and Thailand.
     2. conj. In order that.
           Eat your broccoli so you can have dessert.
     3. conj. With the result that; for that reason; therefore.
           I was hungry so I asked if there was any more food.
           He ate too much cake, so he fell ill.
           He wanted a book, so he went to the library.
           “I need to go to the bathroom.”―“So go!”
     4. conj. (archaic) Provided that; on condition that, as long as.
     5. adv. To the (explicitly stated) extent that.
           It was so hot outside that all the plants died.  He was so good, they hired him on the spot.
     6. adv. (informal) To the (implied) extent.
           I need a piece of cloth so long. = this long
     7. adv.          (informal) Very (positive clause).
                   He is so good!
     8. adv.          (informal) Very (negative clause).
                   It’s not so bad. i.e. it's acceptable
     9. adv.          (slang) Very much.
                   But I so want to see the Queen when she visits our town!  That is so not true!
     10. adv. In a particular manner.
           Place the napkin on the table just so. If that's what you mean, then say so; (or do so).
     11. adv. In the same manner or to the same extent as aforementioned; also.
           Just as you have the right to your free speech, so I have the right to mine.  Many people say she's the world's greatest athlete, but I don't think so.  "I can count backwards from on
     12. adv. (with as) To such an extent or degree; as.
           so far as;  so long as;  so much as
     13. adj. True, accurate.
           That is so.  You are responsible for this, is that not so?
     14. adj. In that state or manner; with that attribute. A proadjective that replaces the aforementioned adjective phrase.
     15. adj. (dated, UK, slang) Homosexual.
           Is he so?
     16. interj. Used after a pause for thought to introduce a new topic, question or story.
           So, let's go home.
           So, what'll you have?
           So, there was this squirrel stuck in the chimney...
     17. interj. (Short for) so what.
           "You park your car in front of my house every morning." — "So?".
     18. interj. Used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question.
           So how does this story end?
           So, everyone wants to know - did you win the contest or not?
     19. interj. (archaic) Be as you are; stand still; (used especially to cows; also used by sailors.)
     20. pron. abbreviation of someone
     21. n. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale.
     22. n. (foods) A type of dairy product made in Japan between the seventh and 10th centuries.
fast
     1. adj. (dated) Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable.
           That rope is dangerously loose. Make it fast!
     2. adj. Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.
     3. adj. (of people) Steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now mostly in set phrases like fast friend.)
     4. adj. Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid.
           I am going to buy a fast car.
     5. adj. Causing unusual rapidity of play or action.
           a fast racket, or tennis court; a fast track; a fast billiard table; a fast dance floor
     6. adj. (computing, of a piece of hardware) Able to transfer data in a short period of time.
     7. adj. Deep or sound (of sleep); fast asleep (of people).
     8. adj. (of dyes or colours) Not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or intense light; permanent.
           All the washing has come out pink. That red tee-shirt was not fast.
     9. adj. (obsolete) Tenacious; retentive.
     10. adj. (dated) Having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits.
           a fast woman
     11. adj. Ahead of the correct time or schedule.
           There must be something wrong with the hall clock. It is always fast.
     12. adj. (of photographic film) More sensitive to light than average.
     13. adv. In a firm or secure manner, securely; in such a way as not to be moved; safe, sound.
           Hold this rope as fast as you can.
     14. adv. (of sleeping) Deeply or soundly.
           He is fast asleep.
     15. adv. Immediately following in place or time; close, very near.
           The horsemen came fast on our heels.
     16. adv. Quickly, with great speed; within a short time.
           Do it as fast as you can.
     17. adv. Ahead of the correct time or schedule.
           I think my watch is running fast.
     18. n. (UK, rail transport) A train that calls at only some stations it passes between its origin and destination, typically just the principal stations
     19. interj. (archery) Short for "stand fast", a warning not to pass between the arrow and the target
     20. v. (intransitive) To restrict one’s personal consumption, generally of food, but sometimes other things, in various manners (totally, temporally, by avoiding particular items), often for religious or med
           Muslims fast during Ramadan and Catholics during Lent.
     21. n. The act or practice of abstaining from food or of eating very little food.
     22. n. The period of time during which one abstains from or eats very little food.
           Lent and Ramadan are fasts of two religions.
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