| you |
| 1. pron. (object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object. | |
| 2. pron. (reflexive pronoun, now US colloquial) (To) yourselves, (to) yourself. | |
| 3. pron. (object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.) | |
| 4. pron. (subject pronoun) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.) | |
| Both of you should get ready now. | |
| You are all supposed to do as I tell you. | |
| 5. pron. (subject pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.) | |
| 6. pron. (indefinite personal pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object). | |
| 7. det. The individual or group spoken or written to. | |
| Have you gentlemen come to see the lady who fell backwards off a bus? | |
| 8. det. Used before epithets for emphasis. | |
| You idiot! | |
| 9. v. To address (a person) using the pronoun you, rather than thou, especially historically when you was more formal. | |
| are |
| 1. v. second-person singular present of be | |
| Mary, where are you going? | |
| 2. v. first-person plural present of be | |
| We are not coming. | |
| 3. v. second-person plural present of be | |
| Mary and John, are you listening? | |
| 4. v. third-person plural present of be | |
| They are here somewhere. | |
| 5. v. (East Yorkshire, Midlands) present of be | |
| 6. n. (dialectal, or obsolete) grace, mercy | |
| To bid God's are. | |
| God's are is what children of God seech and seek. | |
| 7. n. (obsolete) honour, dignity | |
| 8. n. (rare) an accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) SI unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol: a | |
| be |
| 1. v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence. | |
| 2. v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist. | |
| There is just one woman in town who can help us. (or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us. | |
| 3. v. (intransitive) To occupy a place. | |
| The cup is on the table. | |
| 4. v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place. | |
| When will the meeting be? | |
| 5. v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar. | |
| The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come. | |
| I have been to Spain many times. | |
| Moscow, huh? I've never been, but it sounds fascinating. | |
| 6. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same. | |
| Knowledge is bliss. | |
| Hi, I’m Jim. | |
| 7. v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same. | |
| 3 times 5 is fifteen. | |
| 8. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal. | |
| François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995. | |
| 9. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it. | |
| The sky is blue. | |
| 10. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase. | |
| The sky is a deep blue today. | |
| 11. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice. | |
| The dog was drowned by the boy. | |
| 12. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses. | |
| The woman is walking. | |
| I shall be writing to you soon. | |
| We liked to chat while we were eating. | |
| 13. v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate motion. Often still used for "to go". | |
| 14. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic. | |
| I am to leave tomorrow. | |
| I would drive you, were I to obtain a car. | |
| 15. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement. | |
| This building is three hundred years old. | |
| I am 75 kilograms. | |
| He’s about 6 feet tall. | |
| 16. v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years. | |
| I’m 20. (= I am 20 years old.) | |
| 17. v. (with a dummy subject) it Used to indicate the time of day. | |
| It is almost eight. (= It is almost eight o’clock.) | |
| It’s 8:30 read eight-thirty in Tokyo. | |
| What time is it there? It’s night. | |
| 18. v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event. | |
| It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period) | |
| It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him. | |
| 19. v. (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like. | |
| It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid. | |
| Why is it so dark in here? | |
| 20. v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way. | |
| "What do we do?" "We be ourselves.". | |
| Why is he being nice to me? | |
| 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. | |
| charmingly |
| 1. adv. In a charming manner. | |
| astute |
| 1. adj. Quickly and critically discerning. | |
| 2. adj. Shrewd or crafty. | |
| Your |
| 1. pron. honoraltcaps, your | |
| 2. det. Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner). | |
| Let's meet tomorrow at your convenience. | |
| Is this your cat? | |
| 3. det. Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners). | |
| 4. det. A determiner that conveys familiarity and mutual knowledge of the modified noun. | |
| Not your average Tom, Dick and Harry. | |
| Your Show of Shows | |
| Your World with Neil Cavuto | |
| Not Your Average Travel Guide | |
| 5. det. (Ireland) That; the specified (usually used with a human referent) | |
| Your man just bought a new car. | |
| Have you seen what your one over there is doing? | |
| 6. contraction. misspelling of you're | |
| Highness |
| 1. n. The style of a prince, princess or someone of equivalent rank. | |
| 2. n. (obsolete) The style of an emperor or king. | |
| 3. n. The state of being high. | |
