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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)
6. pron. nonstandard spelling of I
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.
along
1. prep. By the length of; in a line with the length of; lengthwise next to.
2. prep. In a line with, with a progressive motion on; onward on; forward on.
3. adv. In company; together.
John played the piano and everyone sang along.
4. adv. Onward, forward, with progressive action.
Don't stop here. Just move along.
splendidly
1. adv. In a splendid manner.
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?
11. adv. -->
12. n. alternative form of withe
My
1. n. megayear
2. pron. alternative case form of my often used when speaking as God or another important figure who is understood from context.
3. det. First-person singular possessive determiner. See.
4. det. Belonging to me.
I can't find my book.
5. det. Associated with me.
My seat at the restaurant was uncomfortable.
Don't you know my name?
I recognised him because he had attended my school.
6. det. Related to me.
My parents won't let me go out tonight.
7. det. In the possession of me.
I have to take my books back to the library soon.
8. interj. Used to express surprise, shock or amazement.
My, what big teeth you have!
inner
1. adj. Being or occurring (farther) inside, situated farther in, located (situated) or happening on the inside of something, situated within or farther within contained within something.
inner door; inner room; inner sanctum; inner surface
2. adj. Close to the centre, located near or closer to center.
the inner suburbs
3. adj. Inside or closer to the inside of the body.
inner ear
4. adj. Of mind or spirit, relating to the mind or spirit, to spiritual or mental processes, mental, spiritual, relating to somebody's private feelings or happening in somebody's mind, existing as an often re
inner confidence; inner strength; inner life; inner child; inner artist; inner peace; inner light
5. adj. Not obvious, private, not expressed, not apparent, hidden, less apparent, deeper, obscure; innermost or essential; needing to be examined closely or thought about in order to be seen or understood.
inner meaning; inner resources; inner logic
6. adj. Privileged, more or most privileged, more or most influential, intimate, exclusive, more important, more intimate, private, secret, confined to an exclusive group, exclusive to a center; especially a
inner circle; inner council
7. n. An inner part.
8. n. (South Africa) A duvet, excluding the cover.
9. n. A forward who plays in or near the center of the field.
10. n. (cricket) A thin glove worn inside batting gloves or wicket-keeping gloves.
11. n. (politics) One who supports remaining in the European Union.
12. n. (military, firearms) The 2nd circle on a target, between the bull (or bull's eye) and magpie.
world
1. n. (with "the") Human collective existence; existence in general.
There will always be lovers, till the world’s end.
2. n. The Universe.
3. n. (with "the") The Earth.
People are dying of starvation all over the world.
4. n. A planet, especially one which is inhabited or inhabitable.
Our mission is to travel the galaxy and find new worlds.
5. n. (by extension) Any other body, astronomical body which many be inhabitable, such as a satellite, natural satellite.
6. n. A very large extent of country.
the New World
7. n. (fiction, speculation) A realm, such as planet, containing one or multiple society, societies of being, beings, specially intelligent ones.
the world of Narnia; the Wizarding World of Harry Potter; a zombie world
8. n. An individual or group perspective or social setting.
In the world of boxing, good diet is all-important.
Welcome to my world.
9. n. (computing) The part of an operating system distributed with the kernel, consisting of the shell and other programs.
10. n. (tarot) The twenty-second trump or major arcana card of the tarot.
11. n. (informal) A great amount.
Taking a break from work seems to have done her a world of good.
You're going to be in a world of trouble when your family finds out.
a world of difference; a world of embarrassment
12. n. (archaic) Age, era
13. v. To consider or cause to be considered from a global perspective; to consider as a global whole, rather than making or focussing on national or other distinctions; compare globalise.
and
1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
2. conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
3. conj. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
4. conj. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
5. conj. (obsolete) Yet; but.
6. conj. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often
7. conj. (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
8. conj. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
9. conj. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
10. conj. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
11. conj. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come,
12. conj. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
13. conj. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
14. conj. Expressing a condition.:
15. conj. (now US dialect) If; provided that.
16. conj. (obsolete) As if, as though.
17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath.
19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.
20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.
that's
1. contraction. That is.
That’s the book I've been looking for.
2. contraction. That has.
I’ve managed to find the solution to the problem that's been bugging me all day.
3. contraction. That was.
4. contraction. That does.
5. pron. (rare, nonstandard) whose, of which
that
1. conj. Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement.
He told me that the book is a good read.
I believe that it is true. — She is convinced that he is British.
2. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause expressing a reason or cause: because, in that.
Be glad that you have enough to eat.
3. conj. (now uncommon) Introducing a subordinate clause that expresses an aim, purpose or goal ("final"), and usually contains the auxiliaries may, might or should: so, so that.
4. conj. Introducing — especially, but not exclusively, with an antecedent like so or such — a subordinate clause expressing a result, consequence or effect.
The noise was so loud that she woke up.
The problem was sufficiently important that it had to be addressed.
5. conj. (archaic, or poetic) Introducing a premise or supposition for consideration: seeing as; inasmuch as; given that; as would appear from the fact that.
6. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause modifying an adverb.
Was John there? — Not that I saw.
How often did she visit him? — Twice that I saw.
7. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a desire or wish.
8. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a strong emotion such as sadness or surprise.
9. det. The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction.
That book is a good read. This one isn't.
That battle was in 1450.
That cat of yours is evil.
10. pron. (demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "t
He went home, and after that I never saw him again.
11. pron. The known (thing); (used to refer to something just said).
They're getting divorced. What do you think about that?
12. pron. (demonstrative) The aforementioned quality; used together with a verb and pronoun to emphatically repeat a previous statement.
The water is so cold! — That it is.
13. pron. (relative) (plural that) Which, who; (representing a subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition).
The CPR course that she took really came in handy.
The house that he lived in was old and dilapidated.
14. pron. (colloquial) (Used in place of relative adverbs such as where or when; often omitted.)
the place that = where or to which I went last year
the last time that = when I went to Europe
15. adv. (degree) To a given extent or degree.
"The ribbon was that thin." "I disagree, I say it was not that thin, it was thicker... or maybe thinner...".
16. adv. (degree) To a great extent or degree; very, particularly (in negative constructions).
I'm just not that sick.
I did the run last year, and it wasn't that difficult.
17. adv. (obsolete, outside, dialects) To such an extent; so. (in positive constructions).
Ooh, I was that happy I nearly kissed her.
18. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is there; one of those.
is
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of be
He is a doctor. He retired some time ago.
Should he do the task, it is vital that you follow him.
2. n. plural of i
remember to dot your is
enough
1. det. Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate.
I've already had enough coffee today.
2. adv. Sufficiently.
I cannot run fast enough to catch up to them.
Are you man enough to fight me?
3. adv. Fully; quite; used to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very.
He is ready enough to accept the offer.
4. pron. A sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc.
I have enough to keep me going.
5. interj. stop! Don't do that anymore, etc.
Enough!

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