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they
     1. pron. (the third-person plural) A group of people, animals, plants or objects previously mentioned.
           Fred and Jane? They just arrived.   Dogs may bark if they want to be fed.   Plants wilt if they are not watered.
           I have a car and a truck, but they are both broken.
     2. pron. (the third-person singular, sometimes proscribed) A single person, previously mentioned, especially if of unknown or non-binary gender, but not if previously named and identified as male or female.
     3. pron. (indefinite pronoun, vague meaning) People; some people; people in general; someone, excluding the speaker.
           They say it’s a good place to live.
           They didn’t have computers in the old days.
           They should do something about this.
           They have a lot of snow in winter.
     4. det. (now Southern England dialect, or nonstandard) The, those.
     5. det. (US dialects including AAVE) Their.
     6. pron. (US dialectal) There (especially as an expletive subject of be).
can
     1. v. (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to.
           She can speak English, French, and German.   I can play football.   Can you remember your fifth birthday?
     2. v. (modal auxiliary verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
           You can go outside and play when you're finished with your homework.   Can I use your pen?
     3. v. (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; be possible.
           Can it be Friday already?
           Teenagers can really try their parents' patience.
           Animals can experience emotions.
     4. v. (auxiliary verb, defective) Used with verbs of perception.
           Can you hear that?.
           I can feel the baby moving inside me.
     5. v. (obsolete, transitive) To know.
     6. n. A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium, but sometimes of plastic, and with a carrying handle over the top.
     7. n. A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).
     8. n. A tin-plate canister, often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish.
     9. n. (archaic) A chamber pot, now (US, slang) a toilet or lavatory.
           Shit or get off the can.
           Bob's in the can. You can wait a few minutes or just leave it with me.
     10. n. (US, slang) Buttocks.
     11. n. (slang) Jail or prison.
           Bob's in the can. He won't be back for a few years.
     12. n. (slang) Headphones.
     13. n. (archaic) A drinking cup.
     14. n. (nautical) A cube-shaped buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark
     15. n. A chimney pot.
     16. v. To preserve, by heating and sealing in a can or jar.
           They spent August canning fruit and vegetables.
     17. v. to discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).
           He canned the whole project because he thought it would fail.
     18. v. To shut up.
           Can your gob.
     19. v. (US, euphemistic) To fire or dismiss an employee.
           The boss canned him for speaking out.
fill
     1. v. To occupy fully, to take up all of.
     2. v. To add contents to (a container, cavity or the like) so that it is full.
     3. v. To enter (something), making it full.
     4. v. (intransitive) To become full.
           the bucket filled with rain;  the sails fill with wind
     5. v. (intransitive) To become pervaded with something.
           My heart filled with joy.
     6. v. To satisfy or obey (an order, request or requirement).
           The pharmacist filled my prescription for penicillin.
           We can't let the library close! It fills a great need in the community.
     7. v. To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.
           Sorry, no more applicants. The position has been filled.
     8. v. To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.
     9. v. To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
     10. v. (transitive, nautical) To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
     11. v. (transitive, slang) To have sexual intercourse with (a female).
           Did you fill that girl last night?
     12. n. (after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
           Don't feed him any more: he's had his fill.
     13. n. An amount that fills a container.
           The mixer returned to the plant for another fill.
     14. n. The filling of a container or area.
           That machine can do 20 fills a minute.
           This paint program supports lines, circles, and textured fills.
     15. n. Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.
           The ruins of earlier buildings were used as fill for more recent construction.
     16. n. (archaeology) Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity or cut in the layers and exposed by excavation; fill soil.
     17. n. An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.
     18. n. (music) A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a break between the phrases of a melody.
           bass fill
     19. n. One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.
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.
intervening
     1. n. intervention; mediation
     2. adj. that intervenes or mediates
     3. v. present participle of intervene
     intervene
          1. v. To come between, or to be between, persons or things.
                The Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa.
          2. v. (intransitive) To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events
                an instant intervened between the flash and the report -
                nothing intervened to prevent the undertaking -
          3. v. (intransitive) To become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action
                The police had to be called to intervene in the fight. -
          4. v. (legal) In a suit to which one has not been made a party, to put forward a defense of one's interest in the subject matter.
seconds
     1. n. plural of second
           There are sixty seconds in a minute.
     2. n. A second helping, second serving of food for one person; refill of coffee or other drink.
           There is plenty of pie left, if you have room for seconds.
     3. n. An item of clothing that has failed quality control and is sold at a discount
           It was marked as seconds, but I can't find anything wrong with it.
     4. n. Any article of merchandise of a grade inferior to the best; especially, a coarse or inferior kind of flour.
     5. v. third-person singular present indicative of second
     second
          1. adj. Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.
                He lives on Second Street.
                The second volume in "The Lord of the Rings" series is called "The Two Towers".
                You take the first one, and I'll have the second.
          2. adj. Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
          3. adj. Being of the same kind as one that has preceded; another.
          4. adv. (with superlative) After the first; at the second rank.
                Saturn is the second largest planet.
          5. adv. After the first occurrence but before the third.
                He is batting second today.
          6. n. One that is number two in a series.
          7. n. One that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority.
          8. n. The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest.
          9. n. (usually in the plural) A manufactured item that, though still usable, fails to meet quality control standards.
                They were discounted because they contained blemishes, nicks or were otherwise factory seconds.
          10. n. (usually in the plural) An additional helping of food.
                That was good barbecue. I hope I can get seconds.
          11. n. A chance or attempt to achieve what should have been done the first time, usually indicating success this time around. (See second-guess.)
          12. n. (music) The interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale (either or both of them may be raised or lowered from the basic scale via any type of accidental).
          13. n. The second gear of an engine.
          14. n. (baseball) Second base.
          15. n. The agent of a party to an honour dispute whose role was to try to resolve the dispute or to make the necessary arrangements for a duel.https://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/oct/31/appeal-court-upholds
          16. n. A Cub Scout appointed to assist the sixer.
          17. v. To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (See under #Etymology 3 for translations.)
                I second the motion.
          18. v. To follow in the next place; to succeed.
          19. v. (climbing) To climb after a lead climber.
          20. n. One-sixtieth of a minute; the SI unit of time, defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground sta
          21. n. A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree.
          22. n. (informal) A short, indeterminate amount of time.
                I'll be there in a second.
          23. v. (transitive, UK) To transfer temporarily to alternative employment.
          24. v. To assist or support; to back.
          25. v. To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (This may come from the English adjective above.)
                I second the motion.
          26. n. One who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant.
          27. n. One who supports or seconds a motion, or the act itself, as required in certain meetings to pass judgement etc.
                If we want the motion to pass, we will need a second.
          28. n. (obsolete) Aid; assistance; help.
with
     1. prep. Against.
           He picked a fight with the class bully.
     2. prep. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
           He went with his friends.
     3. prep. In addition to; as an accessory to.
           She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar.
     4. prep. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
     5. prep. In support of.
           We are with you all the way.
     6. prep. (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
           slain with robbers
     7. prep. Using as an instrument; by means of.
           cut with a knife
     8. prep. (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on.
     9. prep. Having, owning.
     10. adv. Along, together with others, in a group, etc.
           Do you want to come with?
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     12. n. alternative form of withe
whatever
     1. det. No matter what; for any
           Whatever choice you make, there will be consequences.
     2. det. (relative) Anything that.
           Whatever reasons you have for doing this are unimportant to me.
     3. pron. No matter what; for any
           Whatever he does, he will still lose the game.
     4. pron. (relative) Anything; sometimes used to indicate that the speaker does not care about options.
           I'll do whatever I can.
     5. interj. (colloquial, dismissive) A holophrastic expression used discourteously to indicate that the speaker does not consider the matter worthy of further discussion.
           For the last time, brush your teeth! – Whatever!
     6. adj. (colloquial) Unexceptional or unimportant; blah.
     7. adj. (dated, postpositive) At all, absolutely, whatsoever.
           There is no point whatever in going on with this discussion.
feels
     1. n. plural of feel
     2. n. (colloquial) Feelings, emotions
     3. v. third-person singular present indicative of feel
     4. adj. (colloquial) (synonym of emotional)
     feel
          1. v. To use the sense of touch.:
          2. v.          (transitive, copulative) To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on.
                        You can feel a heartbeat if you put your fingers on your breast.
                        I felt cold and miserable all night.
          3. v.          To find one's way (literally or figuratively) by touching or using cautious movements.
                        I felt my way through the darkened room.
                        I felt my way cautiously through the dangerous business maneuver.
          4. v.          (intransitive) To receive information by touch or by any neurons other than those responsible for sight, smell, taste, or hearing.
          5. v.          (intransitive) To search by sense of touch.
                        He felt for the light switch in the dark.
          6. v. To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.:
          7. v.          To experience an emotion or other mental state about.
                        I can feel the sadness in his poems.
          8. v.          To think, believe, or have an impression concerning.
                        I feel that we need to try harder.
          9. v.          (intransitive, copulative) To experience an emotion or other mental state.
                        He obviously feels strongly about it.
                        She felt even more upset when she heard the details.
          10. v.          (intransitive) To sympathise; to have the sensibilities moved or affected.
                        I feel for you and your plight.
          11. v. To be or become aware of.
          12. v. To experience the consequences of.
                Feel my wrath!
          13. v. (copulative) To seem (through touch or otherwise).
                It looks like wood, but it feels more like plastic.
                This is supposed to be a party, but it feels more like a funeral!
          14. v. (transitive, US, slang) To understand.
                I don't want you back here, ya feel me?
          15. n. A quality of an object experienced by touch.
                Bark has a rough feel.
          16. n. A vague mental impression.
                You should get a feel of the area before moving in.
          17. n. An act of fondling.
                She gave me a quick feel to show that she loves me.
          18. n. A vague understanding.
                I'm getting a feel for what you mean.
          19. n. An intuitive ability.
                She has a feel for music.
          20. n. (chiefly US, slang) Alternative form of feeling.
                I know that feel.
          21. pron. (dialectal, or obsolete) alternative form of fele
          22. adj. (dialectal, or obsolete) alternative form of fele
          23. adv. (dialectal, or obsolete) alternative form of fele
appropriate
     1. adj. Suitable or fit; proper.
           The headmaster wondered what an appropriate measure would be to make the pupil behave better.
     2. adj. Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper.
           I don't think it was appropriate for the cashier to tell me out loud in front of all those people at the check-out that my hair-piece looked like it was falling out of place.
           While it is not considered appropriate for a professor to date his student, there is no such concern once the semester has ended.
     3. adj. (obsolete) Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved.
     4. v. (transitive, archaic) To make suitable; to suit.
     5. v. To take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right.
           Let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit.
     6. v. To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others; with to or for.
           A spot of ground is appropriated for a garden.
           to appropriate money for the increase of the navy
     7. v. (transitive, British, ecclesiastical, legal) To annex (for example a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property).
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