says…
Words and sentences
New
but
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- Apart from, except (for), excluding.
- Outside of.
New
that's
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- That is.
- That has.
- That was.
- That does.
New
what
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- Which, especially which of an open-ended set of possibilities.
- Which.
- Any ... that; all ... that; whatever.
- Emphasises that something is noteworthy or remarkable in quality or degree, in either a good or bad way; may be used in combination with certain other determiners, especially 'a', less often 'some'.
- Emphasises that something is noteworthy or remarkable in quality or degree, in either a good or bad way; may be used in combination with certain other determiners, especially 'a', less often 'some'.
New
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.
New
gave
- simple past of give
- (colloquial) past participle of give
New
me
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- The first-person singular, as the object (of a verb, preposition, etc).
- The first-person singular, as the object (of a verb, preposition, etc).
- (colloquial) The first-person singular, as the object (of a verb, preposition, etc).
- The first-person singular, as the object (of a verb, preposition, etc).
- As the complement of the copula (be).
- Used for the pronoun in isolation or in apposition.
- (informal) I, the first-person singular, as the subject.
- I, the first-person singular, as the subject.
- I, the first-person singular, as the subject.