Word Meanings (Beginner's Day 4 (4 Words))

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Index of Word Meanings

1.
usually
/ˈjuːʒʊəli/
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adverb
adverb: usually

    under normal conditions; generally.
    "he usually arrives home about one o'clock"
    h
    Similar:
    normally

generally
habitually
customarily
standardly
routinely

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2.

Forms of 'do'

It has five different forms: do, does, doing, did, done. The base form of the verb is do. The past simple form, did, is the same throughout. The present participle is doing.
I do not want it: We do not want it
He does not want it: They do not want it

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3.

die 1
/dʌɪ/
verb
past tense: died; past participle: died

    1.
    (of a person, animal, or plant) stop living.
    "he died of tuberculosis"
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    Similar:
    pass away

pass on
lose one's life
depart this life
expire
breathe one's last
draw one's last breath
meet one's end
meet one's death
lay down one's life
be no more
perish
be lost
go the way of the flesh
go the way of all flesh
go to glory
go to one's last resting place
go to meet one's maker
cross the great divide
cross the Styx
give up the ghost
kick the bucket
bite the dust
croak
flatline
conk out
buy it
turn up one's toes
cash in one's chips
go belly up
shuffle off this mortal coil
go the way of the dinosaurs
push up the daisies
be six feet under
snuff it
peg out
pop one's clogs
hop the twig/stick
bite the big one
buy the farm
check out
hand in one's dinner pail
go bung
exit
decease

Opposite:
live
survive

    become extinct.
    "many species died out"

    Similar:
    become extinct

vanish
disappear
cease to be
cease to exist
be no more
perish
pass into oblivion
become less common
become rarer
dwindle
peter out
be forgotten.
"her genius has assured her name will never die"
become less loud or strong.
"after a while, the noise died down"

Similar:
fade
fall away
dwindle
melt away
dissolve
subside
decline
sink
lapse
ebb
wane
wilt
wither
evanesce
come to an end
end
vanish
disappear
fade (away)
abate
drop
drop off
drop away
lessen
ease (off)
let up
decrease
diminish
moderate
slacken
recede
tail off
peter out
taper off
relent
become weaker
weaken
remit

Opposite:
exist
(of a plant) decay from the tip toward the root.
"rhubarb dies back to a crown of buds each winter"
die one after another until few or none are left.
"the original founders died off or retired"
(of a fire or light) stop burning or gleaming.
"the fire had died and the room was cold"
informal
(of a machine) stop functioning or run out of electric charge.
"three toasters have died on me"

Similar:
fail
cut out
give out
stop
halt
break down
stop working
cease to function
peter out
fizzle out
run down
fade away
lose power
conk out
go kaput
give up the ghost
go phut
pack up

    h
    Opposite:
    start

2.
informal
be very eager for something.
"they must be dying for a drink"
h
Similar:
be very eager
be very keen
be desperate
long
yearn
burn
ache
itch
have a yen
yen

    h
    Opposite:
    be reluctant
        used to emphasize how strongly one is affected by a particular feeling or emotion.
        "only the thought of Matilda prevented him from dying of boredom"
    3.
    archaic
    have an orgasm.

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4.

exception
/ɪkˈsɛpʃ(ə)n,ɛkˈsɛpʃ(ə)n/
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noun
noun: exception; plural noun: exceptions

    a person or thing that is excluded from a general statement or does not follow a rule.
    "he always plays top tunes, and tonight was no exception"
    h
    Similar:
    anomaly

irregularity
deviation
special case
departure
inconsistency
quirk
peculiarity
abnormality
oddity
outlier
edge case
misfit

    freak

Phrases
the exception proves the rule
the fact that some cases do not follow a rule proves that the rule applies in all other cases.
take exception to
object strongly to. "many viewers took great exception to the programme's content"
with the exception of
except; not including. "all water sports, with the exception of scuba diving,

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