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Words and sentences
if
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- Supposing that, assuming that, in the circumstances that; used to introduce a condition or choice.
- In the event that a statement is true (a programming statement that acts in a similar manner).
- Supposing that; used with past or past perfect subjunctive indicating that the condition is closed.
- Supposing that; given that; supposing it is the case that.
- Although; used to introduce a concession.
- Whether; used to introduce a noun clause, an indirect question, that functions as the direct object of certain verbs.
- Even if; even in the circumstances that.
- Introducing a relevance conditional.
the
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- Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- (colloquial) Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- Used before a noun phrase, including a simple noun
- Used with an adjective
- Used with an adjective
- Used with an adjective
2nd
second
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- Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.
- Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
- Being of the same kind as one that has preceded; another.
declined
simple past and past participle of decline
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couple
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- Two of the same kind connected or considered together.
- Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.
- (informal) A small number.
- One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.
- A turning effect created by forces that produce a non-zero external torque.
- A couple-close.
- That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.
was
- first-person singular simple past indicative of be.
- third-person singular simple past indicative of be.
- (colloquial) Used in phrases with existential there when the semantic subject is (usually third-person) plural.
- second-person singular simple past indicative of be; were.
- (colloquial) first-person plural simple past indicative of be; were.
- (colloquial) third-person plural simple past indicative of be; were.
asked
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simple past and past participle of ask
3rd
third
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The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.