Common English Words

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280	job	©
1. n. A task.
I've got a job for you - could you wash the dishes?
A job half done is hardly done at all.
2. n. An economic role for which a person is paid.
That surgeon has a great job.
281	talking	©
1. n. The action of the verb talk.
2. v. present participle of talk
	talk
1. v. To communicate, usually by means of speech.
2. v. (transitive, informal) To discuss.
282	wrong	©
1. adj. Incorrect or untrue.
Some of your answers were correct, and some were wrong.
2. adj. Asserting something incorrect or untrue.
You're wrong: he's not Superman at all.
3. adj. Immoral, not good, bad.
283	takes	©
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of take
2. n. plural of take
	take
1. v. To get into one's hands, possession or control, with or without force.
2. v. To seize or capture.
284	understand	©
1. v. To be aware of the meaning of.
I understand German.
I received your note, but I did not understand it.
2. v. To believe, based on information.
I understand that you have information for me.
285	government	©
1. n. The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.
2. n. (grammar, linguistics) The relationship between a word and its dependents
3. n. A group of people who hold a monopoly on the legitimate use of force in a given territory.
4. n. The state and its administration viewed as the ruling political power.
5. n. The management or control of a system.
286	least	©
1. det. superlative form of little: most little; the smallest amount of something.
He earns the least money in his family. Of all the sisters, she has the least patience. I can only afford to pay the least of the bills.
2. adv. Used for forming superlatives of adjectives, especially those that do not form the superlative by adding -est.
It was the least surprising thing.
3. adv. In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others.
287	ask	©
1. v. To request (information, or an answer to a question).
I asked her age.
2. v. To put forward (a question) to be answered.
to ask a question
3. v. To interrogate or enquire of (a person).
288	you'll
1. contraction. you will
2. contraction. you shall
	you
1. pron. (object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
2. pron. (reflexive pronoun, now US colloquial) (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.
3. pron. (object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)
4. pron. (subject pronoun) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)
	will
1. v. (rare, transitive) To wish, desire (something).
2. v. (rare, intransitive) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).
3. v. (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
4. v. (auxiliary) To choose to (do something), used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive).
289	dead	©
1. adj. (not comparable) No longer living.
All of my grandparents are dead.
2. adj. (hyperbole) Figuratively, not alive; lacking life.
3. adj. (of another person) So hated that they are absolutely ignored.
He is dead to me.
290	let's
1. v. (inclusive) Used to form the hortative of verbs, equivalent of the first-person plural imperative in some other languages.
Let’s eat lunch sometime.
Let’s dance.
2. v. (exclusive) Used to form the hortative of verbs, equivalent of the second-person plural imperative in some other languages, chiefly instructional
Let’s make sure we don't forget proper punctuation.
	let
1. v. To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).
2. v. To leave.
3. v. To allow the release of (a fluid).
	us
1. pron. (personal) Me and at least one other person; the objective case of we.
2. pron. (colloquial) Me.
3. pron. (Northern England) Our.
291	whole	©
1. adj. Entire.
I ate a whole fish.
2. adj. (Used as an intensifier.)
I brought a whole lot of balloons for the party. She ate a whole bunch of french fries.
3. adj. Sound, uninjured, healthy.
292	friends	©
1. n. plural of friend
2. n. Participants in a two-way friendship relationship.
I tried to be a friend to Jane but we never really made friends. She was never a friend to me.
Jane and I made friends right away.
We became friends in the war and remain friends to this day.
	friend
1. n. A person other than a family member, spouse or lover whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.
2. n. A boyfriend or girlfriend.
3. n. An associate who provides assistance.
293	care	©
1. n. (obsolete) Grief, sorrow.
2. n. Close attention; concern; responsibility.
Care should be taken when holding babies.
3. n. Worry.
I don't have a care in the world.
294	school
1. n. (collective) A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.
The divers encountered a huge school of mackerel.
2. n. A multitude.
3. v. (lbl, en, intransitive) (of fish) To form into, or travel in a school.
4. n. (US, Canada) An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.
295	hard	©
1. adj. (of material or fluid) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
2. adj. Resistant to pressure.
This bread is so stale and hard, I can barely cut it.
3. adj. (of drink or drugs) Strong.
4. adj. (of water) High in dissolved chemical salts, especially those of calcium.
296	sorry	©
1. adj. (of a person) Regretful for an action; grieved or saddened, especially by the loss of something or someone.
I am sorry I stepped on your toes. It was an accident.
I am sorry to hear of your uncle's death.
2. adj. Poor, sad or regrettable.
The storm left his garden in a sorry state.
297	guess	©
1. v. To reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion.
2. v. To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
He who guesses the riddle shall have the ring.
3. v. (chiefly US) to suppose (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
That album is quite hard to find, but I guess you could try ordering it online.
298	children	©
1. n. plural of child.
	child
1. n. A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority)
2. n. (obsolete) a female child, a girl.
3. n. (with possessive) One's son or daughter, regardless of age.
299	myself	©
1. pron. (reflexive pronoun) Me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject.
I taught myself.
2. pron. Personally, for my part; used in apposition to I, sometimes for simple emphasis and sometimes with implicit exclusion of any others performing the activity described.
3. pron. In my normal state of body or mind.
4. pron. Me (as the object of a verb or preposition).

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