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I'd
1. contraction. I had.
I'd already been there, but I wanted to go again.
2. contraction. I would, I should.
I'd like to go to Armenia one day, but am worried about the weather.
I
1. pron. The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence.
(audio, Here I am, sir.ogg, Audio)
2. pron. (nonstandard, hypercorrection) The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical object, of a sentence.
3. n. (metaphysics) The ego.
4. n. (US, roadway) Interstate.
5. n. (grammar) (abbreviation of instrumental case)
would
1. v. As a past-tense form of will.:
2. v. (obsolete) Wished, desired (something).
3. v. (archaic) Wanted to ( + bare infinitive).
4. v. Used to; was or were habitually accustomed to ( + bare infinitive); indicating an action in the past that happened repeatedly or commonly.
5. v. Used with bare infinitive to form the "anterior future", indicating a futurity relative to a past time.
6. v. (archaic) Used with ellipsis of the infinitive verb, or postponement to a relative clause, in various senses.
7. v. Was determined to; loosely, could naturally have been expected to (given the tendencies of someone's character etc.).
8. v. As a modal verb, the subjunctive of will.:
9. v. Used to give a conditional or potential "softening" to the present; might, might wish.
10. v. Used as the auxiliary of the simple conditional modality (with a bare infinitive); indicating an action or state that is conditional on another.
11. v. (chiefly archaic) Might wish ( + verb in past subjunctive); often used in the first person (with or without that) in the sense of "if only".
12. v. Used to impart a sense of hesitancy or uncertainty to the present; might be inclined to. Now sometimes colloquially with ironic effect.
13. v. Used interrogatively to express a polite request; are (you) willing to …?
Would you pass the salt, please?
14. v. (chiefly archaic, transitive, or control verb) Might desire; wish (something).
15. n. Something that would happen, or would be the case, under different circumstances; a potentiality.
will
1. v. (rare, transitive) To wish, desire (something).
Do what you will.
2. v. (rare, intransitive) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).
3. v. (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
4. v. (auxiliary) To choose to (do something), used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive).
5. v. (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.
6. v. (auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.
Unfortunately, only one of these gloves will actually fit over my hand.
7. n. One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
Of course, man's will is often regulated by his reason.
8. n. One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
Eventually I submitted to my parents' will.
9. n. The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.
Most creatures have a will to live.
10. n. (law) A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.
11. n. (archaic) That which is desired; one's wish.
12. n. (archaic) Desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.)
He felt a great will to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
13. v. (archaic) To wish, desire.
14. v. (transitive, intransitive) To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
15. v. To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention).
All the fans were willing their team to win the game.
16. v. To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
He willed his stamp collection to the local museum.
like
1. v. (transitive, archaic) To please.
2. v. To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
I like hamburgers
I like skiing in winter
I like the Seattle Mariners this season
3. v. (obsolete) To derive pleasure of, by or with someone or something.
4. v. To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.
I like to go to the dentist every six months
She likes to keep herself physically fit
we like to keep one around the office just in case
5. v. (obsolete) To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).
6. v. (archaic) To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly.
He liked to have been too late.
7. v. To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.
I really like Sandra but don't know how to tell her.
8. v. (obsolete) To liken; to compare.
9. v. (Internet, transitive) To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.
I liked my friend's last status on Facebook.
I can't stand Bloggs' tomato ketchup, but I liked it on Facebook so I could enter a competition.
10. n. (usually plural) Something that a person likes (prefers).
Tell me your likes and dislikes.
11. n. (internet) An individual vote showing support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet.
12. adj. Similar.
My partner and I have like minds.
13. adj. (obsolete) Likely; probable.
14. adv. (informal) For example, such as: to introduce an example or list of examples.
There are lots of birds, like ducks and gulls, in this park.
15. adv. (archaic, colloquial) Likely.
16. adv. (obsolete) In a like or similar manner.
17. n. (sometimes as the likes of) Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.
There were bowls full of sweets, chocolates and the like.
It was something the likes of which I had never seen before.
18. n. (golf) The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side.
to play the like
19. conj. (colloquial) As, the way.
20. conj. As if; as though.
It looks like you've finished the project.
It seemed like you didn't care.
21. prep. Similar to, reminiscent of.
These hamburgers taste like leather.
22. part. (colloquial, Scotland, Geordie, Teesside, Scouse) A delayed filler.
He was so angry, like.
23. part. (colloquial) A mild intensifier.
She was, like, sooooo happy.
24. part. (colloquial) indicating approximation or uncertainty
There were, like, twenty of them.
And then he, like, got all angry and left the room.
25. part. (colloquial, slang) When preceded by any form of the verb to be, used to mean “to say” or “to think”; used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase.
I was like, “Why did you do that?” and he's like, “I don't know.”
26. interj. (Liverpool, Geordie) Used to place emphasis upon a statement.
divint ye knaa, like?
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
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?
at
1. prep. In, near, or in the general vicinity of a particular place.
Caesar was at Rome; at the corner of Fourth Street and Vine; at Jim’s house
2. prep. (indicating time) (Indicating occurrence in an instant of time or a period of time relatively short in context or from the speaker's perspective.)
at six o’clock; at closing time; at night.
3. prep. In the direction of (often in an unfocused or uncaring manner).
He threw the ball at me. He shouted at her.
4. prep. Denotes a price.
3 apples at 2¢ (each) The offer was at $30,000 before negotiations.
5. prep. Occupied in (activity).
men at work
6. prep. In a state of.
She is at sixes and sevens with him. They are at loggerheads over how best to tackle the fiscal cliff. The city was at the mercy of the occupying forces.
7. prep. Indicates a position on a scale or in a series.
Sell at 90. Tiger finished the round at tenth, seven strokes behind the leaders. I'm offering it—just to select customers—at cost.
8. prep. Because of.
to laugh at a joke mad at their comments
9. prep. Indicates a means, method, or manner.
10. prep. Holding a given speed or rate.
It is growing at the rate of 3% a year. Cruising along at fifty miles per hour.
11. prep. (used for skills (including in activities) or areas of knowledge) On the subject of; regarding.
The twins were both bad at chemistry.
He slipped at marksmanship over his extended vacation.
12. prep. (Ireland, stressed pronunciation) Bothering, irritating, causing discomfort to
13. n. The at sign (@).
14. n. (alt form, att) (Laos currency unit)
peace
1. n. A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony; absence of violence. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance.
Our lounge strives to maintain an environment of peace for the comfort of our customers.
2. n. A state free of oppressive and unpleasant thoughts and emotions.
The safety equipment will give me some peace of mind.
3. n. Harmony in personal relations.
4. n. A state free of war, in particular war between different countries.
May there be peace in our time.
5. interj. (archaic) Shut up!, silence!; be quiet, be silent.
6. interj. (slang) Shortened form of peace out; goodbye.
7. v. (neologism) To make peace; to put at peace; to be at peace.
8. v. (slang) To peace out.

Dictionary entries from Wiktionary