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I
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- The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence.
- The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical object, of a sentence.
we
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- The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person (not the person being addressed). (This is the exclusive we.)
- The speaker(s)/writer(s) and the person(s) being addressed. (This is the inclusive we.)
- The institution which the speaker/writer is acting for. (This is the editorial we, used by writers and others when speaking with the authority of their publication or organisation.)
- The sovereign alone in their capacity as monarch. (This is the royal we. The reflexive case of this sense of we is ourself.)
- The plural form of you, including everyone being addressed.
- A second- or third-person pronoun for a person in the speaker's care.
- (colloquial) The speaker themselves, used to imply connection between the speaker's experiences and a group of listeners. (Compare the plural of modesty.)
- Us.
- The side which is keeping score.
can
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- To know how to; to be able to.
- (informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
- To have the potential to; be possible.
- Used with verbs of perception.
- (obsolete) To know.
- To be (followed by a word like able, possible, allowed).
do
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- A syntactic marker.
- A syntactic marker.
- A syntactic marker.
- A syntactic marker.
- To perform; to execute.
- (obsolete) To cause, make (someone) (do something).
- To suffice.
- To be reasonable or acceptable.
- To have (as an effect).
- To fare, perform (well or poorly).
- To fare, perform (well or poorly).
- To have as one's job.
- To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something).
- To cook.
- To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
- To treat in a certain way.
- To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.
- (obsolete) To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.
- To spend (time) in jail. (See also do time)
- To impersonate or depict.
- To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned.
- (slang) To kill.
- (slang) To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
- (informal) To punish for a misdemeanor.
- (slang) To have sex with. (See also do it)
- To cheat or swindle.
- To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
- To finish.
- Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
- To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
- (informal) To make or provide.
- (informal) To injure (one's own body part).
- To take drugs.
- To exist with a purpose or for a reason.
- (informal) To drive a vehicle at a certain speed, especially in regard to a speed limit.
better
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- comparative degree of good
- comparative degree of well
- Greater in amount or quantity
- Greater or lesser (whichever is seen as more advantageous), in reference to value, distance, time, etc.
- Healed or recovered from an injury or illness.
after
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Behind; later in time; following.
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boat
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- A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind.
- (slang) A full house.
- A vehicle, utensil, or dish somewhat resembling a boat in shape.
- One of two possible conformations of cyclohexane rings (the other being chair), shaped roughly like a boat.
- (informal) The refugee boats arriving in Australian waters, and by extension, refugees generally.
- In Conway’s Game of Life, a particular still life consisting of a dead cell surrounded by five living cells.
- Alternative form of BOAT
sails
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plural of sail