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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.
want
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- To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand.
- To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand.
- To wish, desire, or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.
- To desire (to experience desire); to wish.
- (colloquial) To be advised to do something (compare should, ought).
- (colloquial) To lack and be in need of or require (something, such as a noun or verbal noun).
- To have occasion for (something requisite or useful); to require or need.
- To be lacking or deficient or absent.
- To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.
- To lack and be without, to not have (something).
- (obsolete) To lack and perhaps be able or willing to do without.
- To desire a romantic or (especially) sexual relationship with someone; to lust for.
you
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- The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
- (colloquial) (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.
- The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)
- The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)
- The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
- (colloquial) A person's favorite sports team.
- Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).
must
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- To do as a requirement; indicates that the sentence subject is required as an imperative or directive to execute the sentence predicate, with failure to do so resulting in a failure or negative consequence.
- To do with certainty; indicates that the speaker is certain that the subject will have executed the predicate.
- Used to indicate that something is very likely, probable, or certain to be true.
take
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- To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
- To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
- To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
- To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
- To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
- To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
- To remove.
- To remove.
- To remove.
- To have sex with.
- To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
- To grasp or grip.
- To select or choose; to pick.
- To select or choose; to pick.
- To carry or lead (something or someone).
- To carry or lead (something or someone).
- To carry or lead (something or someone).
- To carry or lead (something or someone).
- To carry or lead (something or someone).
- To carry or lead (something or someone).
- To use as a means of transportation.
- To obtain for use by payment or lease.
- To obtain for use by payment or lease.
- To receive (medicine or drugs) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
- To consume (food or drink).
- To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
- To experience or feel.
- To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
- To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
- To participate in.
- To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
- To regard in a specified way.
- To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
- To understand (especially in a specified way).
- To believe, to accept the statements of.
- To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
- To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
- To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
- To catch or contract (an illness, etc.).
- To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
- To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
- To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc.); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc.).
- To let in (water).
- To require.
- To proceed to fill.
- To fill, require, or use up (time or space).
- To fill or require: to last or expend (an amount of time).
- To avail oneself of; to exploit.
- To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
- To assume or perform (a form or role).
- To assume or perform (a form or role).
- To assume or perform (a form or role).
- To bind oneself by.
- To go into, through, or along.
- To go into, through, or along.
- To have and use one's recourse to.
- To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
- To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
- To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
- To make a picture, photograph, etc. of (a person, scene, etc.).
- To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
- To apply oneself to the study of.
- To deal with.
- To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
- To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
- To accept as an input to a relation.
- To accept as an input to a relation.
- To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
- To engage, take hold or have effect.
- To engage, take hold or have effect.
- To engage, take hold or have effect.
- To engage, take hold or have effect.
- To become; to be affected in a specified way.
- To be able to be accurately or beautifully photographed.
- An intensifier.
- (obsolete) To deliver, bring, give (something) to (someone).
- (obsolete,slang) To give or deliver (a blow, to someone); to strike or hit.
- To visit; to include in a course of travel.
- (obsolete) To portray in a painting.
- Used in phrasal verbs: take in, take off, take on, take out, take to, take something to, take up.
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.