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Words and sentences
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.
couldn't
could not (negative auxiliary)
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find
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- To locate
- To locate
- To locate
- To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end.
- To gain, as the object of desire or effort.
- To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
- To meet with; to receive.
- To point out.
- To decide that, to discover that, to form the opinion that.
- To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish.
- To supply; to furnish.
- To provide for
- To determine or judge.
- To successfully pass to or shoot the ball into.
- To discover game.
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
high street
- The main street of any town.
- Mainstream shops, banks, etc. that can be found on such a street, in contrast to more specialist shops and services.
- Physical, bricks and mortar shops, in contrast to Internet shops.
high
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- Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:
- Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:
- Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:
- Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:
- Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
- Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.
- Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.
- Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.
- Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.
- Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.
- Extreme, excessive; now specifically very traditionalist and conservative.
- Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.
- Luxurious; rich.
- Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud.
- Keen, enthused.
- With tall waves.
- Remote (to the north or south) from the equator; situated at (or constituting) a latitude which is expressed by a large number.
- Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
- Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
- Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations).
- Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.
- Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
- Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
- Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
- (informal) Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly usually alcohol, but now (from the mid-20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc.
- Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.
- Positioned up the field, towards the opposing team's goal.
street
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- A paved part of road, usually in a village or a town.
- A road as above, but including the sidewalks (pavements) and buildings.
- The roads that run perpendicular to avenues in a grid layout.
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- Living in the streets.
- (slang) Streetwise slang.
- (slang) People in general, as a source of information.
- A great distance.
- (slang) Each of the three opportunities that players have to bet, after the flop, turn and river.
- A style of skateboarding featuring typically urban obstacles.