Common English Words

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1020	she'll
1. contraction. Contraction of she will or she shall.
	she
1. pron. (personal) The female person or animal previously mentioned or implied.
2. pron. (personal, sometimes affectionate) A ship or boat.
	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).
1021	effect	©
1. n. The result or outcome of a cause. See usage notes below.
The effect of the hurricane was a devastated landscape.
2. n. Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
3. n. Execution; performance; realization; operation.
4. n. The state of being binding and enforceable, as in a rule, policy, or law.
1022	lunch	©
1. n. A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.
2. n. (cricket) A break in play between the first and second sessions.
3. n. (Minnesota, US) Any small meal, especially one eaten at a social gathering.
After the funeral there was a lunch for those who didn't go to the cemetery.
4. v. (intransitive) To eat lunch.
1023	test	©
1. n. A challenge, trial.
2. n. A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
3. n. (academia) An examination, given often during the academic term.
4. n. A session in which a product or piece of equipment is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.
5. n. (cricket, normally “Test”) A Test match.
1024	normal	©
1. adj. according to norms or rules
Organize the data into third normal form.
2. adj. healthy; not sick or ill
John is feeling normal again.
3. adj. (education, of a school) teaching teachers how to teach (to certain norms)
1025	carry	©
1. v. To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
2. v. To transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
to carry the war from Greece into Asia
to carry an account to the ledger
3. v. To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
1026	common	©
1. adj. Mutual; shared by more than one.
The two competitors have the common aim of winning the championship.
Winning the championship is an aim common to the two competitors.
2. adj. Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
It is common to find sharks off this coast.
1027	helped	©
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of help
	help
1. n. Action given to provide assistance; aid.
2. n. (usually) Something or someone which provides assistance with a task.
1028	they've
1. contraction. they have
	they
1. pron. (the third-person plural) A group of people, animals, plants or objects previously mentioned.
2. pron. (the third-person singular, sometimes proscribed) A single person, previously mentioned, especially if of unknown or non-binary gender, but not if previously named and identified as male or female.
3. pron. (indefinite pronoun, vague meaning) People; some people; people in general; someone, excluding the speaker.
	have
Additional archaic forms are second-person singular present tense hast, third-person singular present tense hath, present participle haveing, and second-person singular past tense hadst.
1. v. To possess, own, hold.
2. v. To be related in some way to (with the object identifying the relationship).
1029	language	©
1. n. A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.
The English language and the German language are related.
Deaf and mute people communicate using languages like ASL.
2. n. The ability to communicate using words.
the gift of language
1030	conversation	©
1. n. (obsolete) Interaction; commerce or intercourse with other people; dealing with others.
2. n. (archaic) Behaviour, the way one conducts oneself; a person's way of life.
3. n. (obsolete) Sexual intercourse.
4. n. (obsolete) Engagement with a specific subject, idea, field of study etc.; understanding, familiarity.
5. n. Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking.
1031	claim	©
1. n. A demand of ownership made for something (e.g. claim ownership, claim victory).
2. n. A new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided.
3. n. A demand of ownership for previously unowned land (e.g. in the gold rush, oil rush)
4. n. (legal) A legal demand for compensation or damages.
5. v. To demand ownership of.
1032	handle
1. n. The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.
2. n. An instrument for effecting a purpose (either literally or figuratively); a tool.
3. n. (gambling) The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more establishments.
The daily handle of a Las Vegas casino is typically millions of dollars.
4. n. (textiles) The tactile qualities of a fabric, e.g., softness, firmness, elasticity, fineness, resilience, and other qualities perceived by touch.
1033	decide	©
1. v. To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.
The election will be decided on foreign policies.
We must decide our next move.
Her last-minute goal decided the game.
2. v. (intransitive) To make a judgment, especially after deliberation.
1034	admit	©
1. v. To allow to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration; to receive; to take.
A ticket admits one into a playhouse.
They were admitted into his house.
to admit a serious thought into the mind
to admit evidence in the trial of a cause
1035	prison	©
1. n. A place or institution of confinement, especially of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.
The cold stone walls of the prison had stood for over a century.
2. n. Confinement in prison.
Prison was a harrowing experience for him.
3. n. (colloquial) Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home.
1036	according
1. v. present participle of accord.
2. adj. Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious.
This according voice of national wisdom.
3. adv. (obsolete) Accordingly; correspondingly.
4. adv. Consistently as; in a corresponding manner (now generally expressing accordance with two or more alternatives).
	accord
1. n. Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action.
2. n. A harmony in sound, pitch and tone; concord.
3. n. Agreement or harmony of things in general.
4. n. (legal) An agreement between parties in controversy, by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated, and which, when executed, prevents a lawsuit.
1037	drop	©
1. n. A small mass of liquid just large enough to hold its own weight via surface tension, usually one that falls from a source of liquid.
Put three drops of oil into the mixture.
2. n. The space or distance below a cliff or other high position into which someone or something could fall.
On one side of the road was a 50-foot drop.
3. n. A fall, descent; an act of dropping.
1038	marry	©
1. v. (intransitive) To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.
Neither of her daughters showed any desire to marry.
2. v. (transitive, in passive) To be joined to (someone) as spouse according to law or custom.
She was not happily married.
His daughter was married some five years ago to a tailor's apprentice.
1039	lord	©
1. n. (obsolete) The master of the servants of a household; (historical) the master of a feudal manor
2. n. (archaic) The male head of a household, a father or husband.
3. n. (archaic) The owner of a house, piece of land, or other possession
4. n. One possessing similar mastery over others; (historical) any feudal superior generally; any nobleman or aristocrat; any chief, prince, or sovereign ruler; in Scotland, a male member of the lowest rank
5. n. (historical) A feudal tenant holding his manor directly of the king

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