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Palabras e frases
they
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- A group of entities previously mentioned.
- A single person, previously mentioned, but typically not if previously named and identified as male or female, especially if of unknown, irrelevant or (since 21st century) non-binary gender. Now increasingly used for an unnamed person even if the gender of the person is identified.
- People; some people; people in general; someone, excluding the speaker.
- The authorities: government, police, employers, etc.
- The opponents of the side which is keeping score.
certainly
- In a way which is certain; with certainty.
- Without doubt, surely.
- An emphatic affirmative answer; of course.
did
- simple past of do
- past participle of do; done
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not
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- Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
- To no degree.
- Used to indicate the opposite or near opposite, often in a form of understatement.
- Used before a noun phrase or pronominal phrase to denote an aversion to its presence or occurrence.
- (informal) Used before a determiner phrase or a non-finite clause (especially a gerund-participial clause) to convey some attitude (such as surprise, criticism, or embarrassment) towards someone or something, without conveying negation.
waste
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- Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
- Excrement or urine.
- A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
- A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
- A large tract of uncultivated land.
- The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
- A vast expanse of water.
- A disused mine or part of one.
- The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
- Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
- Gradual loss or decay.
- A decaying of the body by disease; atrophy; wasting away.
- Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; see "to lay waste".
- A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
- Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
it
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- The third-person singular neuter personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, abstract entity, or non-human living thing.
- A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a baby or child, especially of unknown gender.
- (obsolete) An affectionate third-person singular personal pronoun.
- A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an animate referent who is transgender or non-binary.
- Used to refer to someone being identified, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation.
- The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement (known as the dummy pronoun, dummy it or weather it).
- The impersonal pronoun, used without referent, or with unstated but contextually implied referent, in various short idioms or expressions.
- The impersonal pronoun, used without referent, or with unstated but contextually implied referent, in various short idioms or expressions.
- The impersonal pronoun, used without referent, or with unstated but contextually implied referent, in various short idioms or expressions.
- Sex appeal, especially that which goes beyond physical appearance.
- The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun (according to some definitions), anticipatory it or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject is commonly a to-infinitive, a gerund, or a noun clause introduced by a subordinating conjunction.
- All or the end; something after which there is no more.
- (obsolete) Followed by an omitted and understood relative pronoun: That which; what.
either
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- Any one (of two).
- Each of two; both.
- Any one (of more than two).