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you  

  (unstressed)  
      pron   subjective or objective  
1    refers to the person addressed or to more than one person including the person or persons addressed but not including the speaker  
you know better, the culprit is among you     
2      (Also)    one   refers to an unspecified person or people in general  
you can't tell the boys from the girls     
3      (Chiefly U.S.)   a dialect word for yourself or yourselves when used as an indirect object  
you should get you a wife now     
      n  
4    Informal   the personality of the person being addressed or something that expresses it  
that hat isn't really you     
5    you know what or who   a thing or person that the speaker cannot or does not want to specify  
     (Old English eow, dative and accusative of ge ye1; related to Old Saxon eu, Old High German iu, Gothic izwis)  
See at me1  


how do you do  
      sentence substitute  
1      (Also)    how do?, how dye do?   a formal greeting said by people who are being introduced to each other or are meeting for the first time  
      n  
  how-do-you-do  
2    Informal   a difficult situation  
save as you earn  
      n   (in Britain) a savings scheme operated by the government, in which monthly contributions earn tax-free interest,   (Abbrev.)    SAYE  
thank you  
      interj  
      n   a conventional expression of gratitude  
you-all  
      pron      a U.S., esp. Southern, word for       you   esp. when addressing more than one person   esp. when addressing more than one person  
you'd     (unstressed)  
      contraction of   you had or you would  
you'll     (unstressed)  
      contraction of   you will or you shall  
you're     (unstressed)  
      contraction of   you are  
you've     (unstressed)  
      contraction of   you have  
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Collaborative Dictionary     English Definition
id.
def.: if you are too confident about yourself, something bad will happen to show you that you are not as good as you think you are
exp.
when you are happy, people will want to be around you and share your happiness, but when you are sad, people will avoid you.
v.
To first know a little, then to think about it and finally you must imagine.
exp.
Persistent of life in cyber space after users death is called digital after life.
exp.
Persistent of life in cyber space after users death is called digital after life.
n.
look at, look over, examine, evaluate
slang
n.
a single place where you can find everything you need, usually found in different places

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