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put
     1. v. To place something somewhere.
           She put her books on the table.
     2. v. To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition.
           Put your house in order!
           He is putting all his energy into this one task.
           She tends to put herself in dangerous situations.
     3. v. (finance) To exercise a put option.
           He got out of his Procter and Gamble bet by putting his shares at 80.
     4. v. To express something in a certain manner.
           When you put it that way, I guess I can see your point.
     5. v. (athletics) To throw a heavy iron ball, as a sport. (See shot put. Do not confuse with putt.)
     6. v. To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
     7. v. To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
     8. v. To attach or attribute; to assign.
           to put a wrong construction on an act or expression
     9. v. (obsolete) To lay down; to give up; to surrender.
     10. v. To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.
           to put a question; to put a case
     11. v. (obsolete) To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
     12. v. (mining) To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway.
     13. n. (business) A right to sell something at a predetermined price.
     14. n. (finance) A contract to sell a security at a set price on or before a certain date.
           He bought a January '08 put for Procter and Gamble at 80 to hedge his bet.
     15. n. The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push.
           the put of a ball
     16. n. An old card game.
     17. n. (obsolete) An idiot; a foolish person; a duffer.
     18. n. (obsolete) A prostitute.
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.
drums
     1. n. plural of drum
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of drum
     drum
          1. n. A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber, affecting what materials are used to make it; a membranophone.
          2. n. Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.
          3. n. In particular, a barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.
                The restaurant ordered ketchup in 50-gallon drums.
          4. n. (obsolete or historical) A social gathering or assembly held in the evening.
          5. n. (architecture) The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola
          6. n. (architecture) Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar
          7. n. A drumfish.
          8. n. (slang) A person's home.
          9. n. (AU slang) A tip, a piece of information.
          10. v. (intransitive) To beat a drum.
          11. v. To beat with a rapid succession of strokes.
                The ruffed grouse drums with his wings.
          12. v. To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization.
                He’s still trying to drum Spanish verb conjugations into my head.
          13. v. To throb, as the heart.
          14. v. To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc.; used with for.
          15. n. A small hill or ridge of hills.
away
     1. adv. From a place, hence.
           He went away on vacation.
     2. adv. Aside; off; in another direction.
     3. adv. From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
     4. adv. (as imperative, by ellipsis) Come away; go away; take away.
     5. adv. On; in continuance; without intermission or delay.
           sing away
     6. adv. Without restraint.
           You've got questions? Ask away!
     7. adv. Being so engaged for the entire time.
           That's where tourists go to hear great Cuban bands and dance the night away.
     8. adv. At a distance in time or space.
           Christmas is only two weeks away.
     9. interj. (Northern England) come on!; go on!
     10. adj. Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation.
           The master is away from home.
           Would you pick up my mail while I'm away.
     11. adj. (following the noun modified) At a specified distance in space, time, or figuratively.
           He's miles away by now.
           Spring is still a month away.
     12. adj. (chiefly sports) Not on one's home territory.
           Entrance for away supporters.
           Next, they are playing away in Dallas.
     13. adj. (baseball, following the noun modified) Out.
           Two men away in the bottom of the ninth.
     14. adj. misspelling of aweigh
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.
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.
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
cold
     1. adj. (of a thing) Having a low temperature.
           A cold wind whistled through the trees.
     2. adj. (of the weather) Causing the air to be cold.
           The forecast is that it will be very cold today.
     3. adj. (of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.
           She was so cold she was shivering.
     4. adj. Unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling.
           She shot me a cold glance before turning her back.
     5. adj. Dispassionate, not prejudiced or partisan, impartial.
           Let's look at this tomorrow with a cold head.
           He's a nice guy, but the cold facts say we should fire him.
           The cold truth is that states rarely undertake military action unless their national interests are at stake.
     6. adj. Completely unprepared; without introduction.
           He was assigned cold calls for the first three months.
     7. adj. Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness.
           I knocked him out cold.
           After one more beer he passed out cold.
     8. adj. (usually with "have" or "know" transitively) Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart.
           Practice your music scales until you know them cold.
           Try both these maneuvers until you have them cold and can do them in the dark without thinking.
           Rehearse your lines until you have them down cold.
           Keep that list in front of you, or memorize it cold.
     9. adj. (usually with "have" transitively) Cornered, done for.
           With that receipt, we have them cold for fraud.
           Criminal interrogation. Initially they will dream up explanations faster than you could ever do so, but when they become fatigued, often they will acknowledge that you have them cold.
     10. adj. (obsolete) Not pungent or acrid.
     11. adj. (obsolete) Unexciting; dull; uninteresting.
     12. adj. Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) only feebly; having lost its odour.
           a cold scent
     13. adj. (obsolete) Not sensitive; not acute.
     14. adj. Distant; said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed. Compare warm and hot.
           You're cold … getting warmer … hot! You've found it!
     15. adj. (painting) Having a bluish effect; not warm in colour.
     16. adj. (databases) Rarely used or accessed, and thus able to be relegated to slower storage.
     17. adj. (informal) Without compassion; heartless; ruthless
           I can't believe she said that...that was cold!
     18. n. A condition of low temperature.
           Come in, out of the cold.
     19. n. (medicine) A common, usually harmless, viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.
           I caught a miserable cold and had to stay home for a week.
     20. adv. While at low temperature.
           The steel was processed cold.
     21. adv. Without preparation.
           The speaker went in cold and floundered for a topic.
     22. adv. With finality.
           I knocked him out cold.
     23. adv. (slang) In a cold, frank, or realistically honest manner.
clammy
     1. adj. Cold and damp, usually referring to hands or palms.
           His hands were clammy from fright.
     2. adj. (medicine) The quality of normal skin signs, epidermis that is neither diaphoretic nor dry.
hands
     1. n. plural of hand
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of hand
     hand
          1. n. The part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.
                Her hands are really strong.
          2. n. That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand.:
          3. n.          A limb of certain animals, such as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
          4. n.          An index or pointer on a dial; such as the hour and minute hands on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day.
          5. n. In linear measurement::
          6. n.          (chiefly in measuring the height of horses) Four inches, a hand's breadth.
          7. n.          (obsolete) Three inches.
          8. n. A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left.
          9. n. Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
          10. n. An agent; a servant, or manual laborer, especially in compounds; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful.
                an old hand at speaking;  large farms need many farm hands
          11. n. An instance of helping.
                Bob gave Alice a hand to move the furniture.
          12. n. Handwriting; style of penmanship.
                a good hand
          13. n. A person's autograph or signature.
                Given under my Hand and Seal of the State this 1st Day of January, 2010.
          14. n. Personal possession; ownership.
          15. n. (usually in the hands) Management, domain, control.
                in safe hands;  in good hands;  He lost his job when the factory changed hands.  With the business back in the founder's hands, there is new hope for the company.  With John
          16. n. That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once.:
          17. n.          (card games) The set of cards held by a player.
          18. n.         # A round of a card game.
          19. n.          (tobacco manufacturing) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.
          20. n.          (collective) The collective noun for a bunch of bananas.
          21. n. Applause.
                Give him a hand.
          22. n. (historical) A Native American gambling game, involving guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or similar, which are passed rapidly from hand to hand.
          23. n. (firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
          24. n. A whole rhizome of ginger.
          25. n. The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch.
                This fabric has a smooth, soft hand.
          26. n. (archaic) Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.
          27. n. (archaic) Agency in transmission from one person to another.
                to buy at first hand (from the producer, or when new);  to buy at second hand (when no longer in the producer’s hand, or when not new);  It's not a rumor. I heard it at first hand.
          28. n. (obsolete) Rate; price.
          29. v. To give, pass, or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively.
                He handed them the letter.   She handed responsibility over to her deputy.
          30. v. To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct.
                to hand a lady into a carriage
          31. v. (transitive, obsolete) To manage.
          32. v. (transitive, obsolete) To seize; to lay hands on.
          33. v. (transitive, rare) To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
          34. v. (transitive, nautical, said of a sail) To furl.
          35. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To cooperate.
off
     1. adv. In a direction away from the speaker or object.
           He drove off in a cloud of smoke.
     2. adv. Into a state of non-operation; into a state of non-existence.
           Please switch off the light when you leave.
           die off
     3. adv. So as to be removed or separated.
           He bit off more than he could chew.
           Some branches were sawn off.
     4. adj. Inoperative, disabled.
           All the lights are off.
     5. adj. Rancid, rotten.
           This milk is off!
     6. adj. (cricket) In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.
     7. adj. Less than normal, in temperament or in result.
           sales are off this quarter
     8. adj. Circumstanced (as in well off, better off, poorly off).
     9. adj. Started on the way.
           off to see the wizard
           And they're off! Whatsmyname takes an early lead, with Remember The Mane behind by a nose.
     10. adj. Far; off to the side.
           the off horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the nigh or near horse
     11. adj. Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from a post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent.
           He took an off day for fishing.  an off year in politics; the off season
     12. adj. (of a dish on a menu) Presently unavailable.
           — I'll have the chicken please.
           — Sorry, chicken's off today.
     13. adj. Right-hand (in relation to the side of a horse or a vehicle).
     14. prep. Used to indicate movement away from a position on
           I took it off the table.
           Come off the roof!
     15. prep. (colloquial) Out of the possession of.
           He didn't buy it off him. He stole it off him.
     16. prep. Away from or not on.
           He's off the computer, but he's still on the phone.
           Keep off the grass.
     17. prep. Disconnected or subtracted from.
           We've been off the grid for three days now.
           He took 20% off the list price.
     18. prep. Distant from.
           We're just off the main road.
           The island is 23 miles off the cape.
     19. prep. No longer wanting or taking.
           He's been off his feed since Tuesday.
           He's off his meds again.
     20. prep. Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering(topics, en, Engineering).
           Tantalum bar 6 off 3/8" Dia × 12" — Atom, Great Britain Atomic Energy Authority, 1972
           samples submitted … 12 off Thermistors type 1K3A531 … — BSI test report for shock and vibration testing, 2000
           I'd like to re-order those printer cartridges, let's say 5-off.
     21. v. (transitive, slang) To kill.
           He got in the way so I had him offed.
     22. v. (transitive, Singapore, Philippines) To switch off.
           Can you off the light?
     23. n. (rare) Beginning; starting point.
           He has been very obviously an untrustworthy narrator right from the off.
of
     1. prep. Expressing distance or motion.
     2. prep.          (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off".
     3. prep.          (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
     4. prep.          From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
                    There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage.
     5. prep.          (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to.
                    What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three.
     6. prep. Expressing separation.
     7. prep.          (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.)
                    Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband.
     8. prep.          (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.)
                    He seemed devoid of human feelings.
     9. prep.          (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.)
     10. prep. Expressing origin.
     11. prep.          (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.)
                    The word is believed to be of Japanese origin.
     12. prep.          (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of.
                    The invention was born of necessity.
     13. prep.          (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.)
                    It is said that she died of a broken heart.
     14. prep.          (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.)
                    I am tired of all this nonsense.
     15. prep. Expressing agency.
     16. prep.          (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).)
                    I am not particularly enamoured of this idea.
     17. prep.          (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below).
                    The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties.
     18. prep.          (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.)
                    It was very brave of you to speak out like that.
     19. prep. Expressing composition, substance.
     20. prep.          (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.)
                    Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic.
     21. prep.          (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.)
                    She wore a dress of silk.
     22. prep.          (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.)
                    What a lot of nonsense!
     23. prep.          (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.)
                   Welcome to the historic town of Harwich.
     24. prep.          (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also".
                    I'm not driving this wreck of a car.
     25. prep. Introducing subject matter.
     26. prep.          (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma
                    I'm always thinking of you.
     27. prep.          (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning.
                    He told us the story of his journey to India.
     28. prep.          (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.)
                    This behaviour is typical of teenagers.
     29. prep. Having partitive effect.
     30. prep.          (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among".
                    Most of these apples are rotten.
     31. prep.          (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.)
     32. prep.          (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of.
                    On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort.
     33. prep.          (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).)
                    He is a friend of mine.
     34. prep. Expressing possession.
     35. prep.          Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.
                    He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century.
     36. prep.          Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
                    The owner of the nightclub was arrested.
     37. prep.          Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter
                    Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames.
     38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive".
     39. prep.          (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.)
                    She had a profound distrust of the police.
     40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
     41. prep.          (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards.
                    My companion seemed affable and easy of manner.
     42. prep.          (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by".
                    Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain.
     43. prep.          (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.)
                    We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%.
     44. prep.          (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod
                    It's not that big of a deal.
     45. prep. Expressing a point in time.
     46. prep.          (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
                    Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river.
     47. prep.          (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time).
                    I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while.
     48. prep.          (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.)
                    After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off.
Me
     1. n. en-abbr
     2. n. (chemistry) (abbreviation of methyl)
     3. pron. alternative case form of me often used when speaking as God or another important figure who is understood from context.
     4. pron. As the direct object of a verb.
           Can you hear me?
     5. pron. (obsolete) Myself; as a reflexive direct object of a verb.
     6. pron. As the object of a preposition.
           Come with me.
     7. pron. As the indirect object of a verb.
           He gave me this.
     8. pron. (US, colloquial) Myself; as a reflexive indirect object of a verb; the ethical dative.
     9. pron. (colloquial) As the complement of the copula (“be” or “is”).
           It wasn't me.
     10. pron. (Australia, British, New Zealand, colloquial) My; preceding a noun, marking ownership.
     11. pron. (colloquial, with "and") As the subject of a verb.
           Me and my friends played a game.
     12. pron. (nonstandard, not with "and") As the subject of a verb.
     13. det. (UK regional, Ireland) alternative form of my
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