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| easier said than done |
| 1. adj. Easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish. |
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| Analysis |
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| easier |
| 1. adj. comparative form of easy: more easy |
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| said |
| 1. v. simple past tense and past participle of say |
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| 2. adj. Mentioned earlier; aforesaid. |
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| The said party has denied the charges. |
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| 3. det. Mentioned earlier; aforesaid. |
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| Said party has denied the charges. |
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| say |
| 1. v. To pronounce. |
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| Please say your name slowly and clearly. |
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| 2. v. To recite. |
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| Martha, will you say the Pledge of Allegiance? |
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| 3. v. To tell, either verbally or in writing. |
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| than |
| 1. conj. (obsolete, outside, dialects, usually used with for) Because; for. |
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| 2. conj. Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison. |
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| she's taller than I am; she found his advice more witty than helpful; we have less work today than we had yesterday; it's bigger than I thought it was |
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| 3. prep. introduces a comparison, and is associated with comparatives, and with words such as more, less, and fewer. Typically, it seeks to measure the force of an adjective or similar description between two |
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| Patients diagnosed more recently are probably surviving an average of longer than two years. |
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| done |
| 1. adj. (of food) Ready, fully cooked. |
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| As soon as the potatoes are done we can sit down and eat. |
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| 2. adj. Having completed or finished an activity. |
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| He pushed his empty plate away, sighed and pronounced "I am done.". |
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| They were done playing and were picking up the toys when he arrived. |
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| do |
| 1. v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker |
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| 2. v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be. |
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| Do you go there often? |
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| 3. v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker in negations with the indicative and imperative moods. |
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| I do not go there often. |
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