(in negative constructions)
11till — till1 /til/, prep. 1. up to the time of; until: to fight till death. 2. before (used in negative constructions): He did not come till today. 3. near or at a specified time: till evening. 4. Chiefly Midland, Southern, and Western U.S. before; to:… …
12until — /un til /, conj. 1. up to the time that or when; till: He read until his guests arrived. 2. before (usually used in negative constructions): They did not come until the meeting was half over. prep. 3. onward to or till (a specified time or… …
13as — I [[t]æz[/t]] unstressed [[t]əz[/t]] adv. 1) to the same degree or extent; equally: It s not as hot today[/ex] 2) for example: spring flowers, as the tulip[/ex] 3) thought or considered to be: the square as distinct from the rectangle[/ex] 4) in… …
14until — un•til [[t]ʌnˈtɪl[/t]] conj. 1) up to the time that or when; till 2) before (usu. used in negative constructions): I didn t remember it until the meeting was over[/ex] 3) onward to or till (a specified time or occurrence): to work until 6 p.m 4)… …
15that — [that] pron. pl. those [ME < OE thæt, nom. & acc. neut. of the def. article (nom. masc. se, nom. fem. seo), akin to Ger neut. nom. & acc. das < IE demonstrative base * to , * tā > THERE, THITHER, L istud, that, talis, such] I as a… …
16bear — bear1 /bair/, v., bore or (Archaic) bare; borne or born; bearing. v.t. 1. to hold up; support: to bear the weight of the roof. 2. to hold or remain firm under (a load): The roof will not bear the strain of his weight. 3. to bring forth ( …
17List of English words with disputed usage — Some English words are often used in ways that are contentious between writers on usage and prescriptive commentators. The contentious usages are especially common in spoken English. While in some circles the usages below may make the speaker… …
18hardly — adverb 1》 scarcely; barely. ↘only with great difficulty. ↘no or not (suggesting surprise at or disagreement with a statement). 2》 archaic harshly. Usage Words like hardly, scarcely, and rarely should not be used with negative… …
19particle — 1 Particle, bit, mite, smidgen, whit, atom, iota, jot, tittle all mean a very small or insignificant piece or part. Particle is used in reference not only to substances which are actually divisible but to such things as a quality, a state, or a… …
20in order that — 1. Historically, in order that has been rather more restricted in terms of the grammatical construction that follows than has the rather less formal alternative so that. Fowler, writing in 1926, regarded use of the subjunctive (in order that… …
