Wordcyclopedia | English | Tell us something about yourself.

tell Verb

— When you tell something to someone, you speak to the person about some fact or idea. He always tells the truth. I told all of my friends about Wiktionary. I will not tell anyone — If you tell, you let a parent, teacher, police officer, etc. know that somebody did something bad. I'm sorry I hit you. I'll give you a dollar if you don't tell. If you're lying, your eyes will tell on you.

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us Pronoun

— You use us to talk or write about yourself and other people together with you. She said hello to us. Can you tell us where it is? We think this is important for all of us.

us Determiner

— You use us to show which people you mean: yourself and other people together with you. It's OK for you guys, but it's different for us women.

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something Compound Determinative

— an unspecified (un- + specified) object. I'm going to wear something today. — an event. Isn't something going to happen? — a special object. You're really something!

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about Preposition

— You use about to say what subject something is related to. Let's not talk about her problems. — If something moves about, it moves this way and that way. He walked about the place, looking everywhere. — Having to do with, concerning, regarding. I will talk about dogs.

about Adverb

— You use about before a number or amount, to say that it may be a little more or a little less. We're here just about every week. About two years ago, I started skiing.

about Adjective

— Something is about to happen, it will happen very soon; almost going to happen. Please be seated. We're about to begin.

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yourself Pronoun

— You use yourself when the person doing an action and receiving an action are both you. Be careful. You'll hurt yourself. Are you happy with yourself. I heard you got yourself a new pet. — Use for emphasis. Don't pretend you don't know. You yourself have seen these kinds of problems. — If you do something by yourself, you do it alone. That's beautiful, son. Did you make it by yourself? — If you don't feel yourself, you are different from usual, because you are sick, scared, stressed, etc.

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