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What do people use by to talk about?
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What words indicate that something is done in groups of a certain number?
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What words indicate that something is next to another?
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What words indicate that something is next to something long such as a road?
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What words indicate that two things are next to each other and facing in the same direction?
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What words refer to moving past something?
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What words indicate the means by which something is done?
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What words describe something being blown by the wind?
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What words indicate that something must be done before a particular time?
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What words indicate that something is done in groups?
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What words refer to almost losing?
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What words indicate that something is done one part at a time?
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What words indicate that something seems to be happening, or something seems to be true?
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What words indicate that, because something seems to be a certain way, you think something is true?
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What words describe where the sun is shining?
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What words describe the damage done by sunlight?
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What words refer to when the moon is shining?
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What words describe where the moon is shining?
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What words refer to not doing something deliberately?
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What words describe a person who is alone?
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What words refer to doing something alone?
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What words refer to going to someone's place to see them?
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What words refer to being faithful?
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What words refer to spending less money?
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What words refer to traveling someplace on foot?
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What words refer to someone who walks?
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What words refer to being by yourself?
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What words refer to people doing something one by one?
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What words refer to two?
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What words indicate how big a container is?
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What words indicate that something happened during some time period?
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What words describe an action that is done extremely slowly?
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What words are used for where the stars are shining?
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What do clouds do?
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What does lightning do?
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What words describe a sound that is so loud that you can't hear anything else?
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What causes someone to be in an unusual state of consciousness?
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What words refer to dying as a result of an accident or violence?
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What words refer to the government killing someone because they committed a crime?
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What words refer to a dead body decaying?
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What words refer to believing that something is true?
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What words refer to influencing someone to change his thinking or decision?
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What words refer to being exempt from a law or obligation?
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What words refer to feeling something very strongly?
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What words refer to feeling obsessed with something?
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What words refer to explaining something?
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What words refer to what is said in answer?
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What words refer to knowing someone, but not knowing him well?
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What words refer to being related by birth?
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What words refer to being related by marriage?
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What words refer to being related by marriage?
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What words are used of playing music?
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What words refer to working together with someone to do something?
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What words refer to entering something by force?
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What words describe something done by mistake?
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What words refer to being alone?
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What words refer to surviving?
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What words refer to being obedient?
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What words refer to deserving what you receive?
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What words refer to something burning completely?
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What words describe something made by hand?
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What do people do to a door?
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What words refer to traveling by air?
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What words describe how a person walks with another person?
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What words refer to waiting?
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What words are used for multiplication equations?
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What words are used for division equations?
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What words indicate that there is enough of something for what you need?
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What words indicate that something is near something else?
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What words refer to doing something in the right way?
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What words refer to something being eaten by insects?
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What words indicate that something happens during the night?
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What words indicate that something happens regularly?
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What words indicate that something happens before it is too late?
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What words refer to the past?
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What words indicate that something happened immediately?
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What words are used to indicate that you make something yourself rather than using a machine?
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What words indicate that you did something, but almost didn't do it?
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What words indicate that something cannot happen?
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What words are used to negate the truth of something?
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What words indicate a person who accompanied the person who is the subject of the clause?
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What words indicate someone who does something with another person?
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What words indicate that you are adding something new to what you just said?
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What words indicate that something is true of one person or thing, but not true of another?
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Grammar Connected with, related Discourse markers
Markers of identificational and explanatory clauses
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What words mark a digression?
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What words refer to a name you use for yourself that is not your real name?
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How do I use by in a sentence?
Simple sentences
At the age of six he had learned to use the typewriter and told the teacher that he did not need to learn to write by hand.
You are not old enough to go swimming by yourself.
You should by all means read the book.
The brunt of criticism was borne by the chairmen.
I was nearly run over by a car.
By mistake I boarded a train going in the opposite direction.
Time goes by quickly when you're having fun.
The students learned many poems by heart.
The number of Japanese going overseas has been increasing year by year.
We are attracted by what you are.
I cheered myself up by listening to music.
Gravity is the natural force by which objects are attracted to each other.
Generally speaking, women live longer than men by almost ten years.
Mary took out the eggs one by one.
You're by my side; everything's fine now.
I'm at the hospital. I got struck by lightning.
I have a great fear of being disdained by those I love and care about.
The student decided to abridge his paper by taking out unnecessary details.
He was sick of being vilified all the time by people who were jealous of his ability.
Even now, many years after the Cold War, there is still much rancor between the Russians and the Germans, especially in areas once occupied by the Soviet Union.
Even now, many years after the Cold War, there is still much bitterness between Germans and Russians, especially in areas which were occupied by the Soviet Union.
Shocked by the events of September 11th, politicians all over the world condemned the terrorists for their reprehensible deed.
Even though he had served his time in prison, the murderer was never quite condoned by the public for his crime.
The politician pushed for reform by denouncing the corruption of the government officials.
Can I pay by credit card?
We are haunted by an ideal life, and it is because we have within us the beginning and the possibility for it.
I'll pay by cheque.
Baffled by Sherlock Holmes' cryptic remarks, Watson wondered whether Holmes was intentionally concealing his thoughts about the crime.
We left by train.
Movie subtitles
Did you think I'll get tricked? Do you really think I was going to get tricked by you old man!
I'll wait by your house.
I have a shooting close by here. It's a short break and I heard Yoon's song.
Close by here.
My companion was hit by a bullet.
Yes, by contacting them on the radio.
By future, do you mean marriage?
You're being pursued by the military, aren't you?
To tell you the truth, I'm being chased by bad people.
The story about being chased by bad people.
By student, do you mean a high-schooler?
What do you mean by comrade?!
This is thought to be damage caused by the Geass invading the cerebrum.
Will you lend me your strength so that others can get by without losing their loved ones?
Eh? To tell you the truth, I'm being chased by bad people.
The story about being chased by bad people. Meow.
What do you mean by comrade?
They'll mistake this for a farce planned by the Britannians!
He's even having Diethard and Rakshata standing by.
I am sitting next to a photographic telescope very similar to the one used by David Gill.
The prediction by Henk van de Hulst was but a prediction.
Because emission from that wavelength went practically unhindered by the clouds of dust, so emission from all parts oi the Galaxy would be visible!
I am a bit confused by the colour, because this white colour does not fit.
So, anyway, my cousin's best friend's older brother's girlfriend's sister is gonna be bringing some by this afternoon, and I know it sounds a little stupid, but I'm kind of nervous to pick them up myself.
No? I hated betraying Nick, but it was like Frankie had me by the nut sack.
Did he tell you, by any chance, that you guys were friends?
If my brother found out, he'd freak. And repays me by calling me a liar.
The territories are all controlled by different groups who all have their own rules for who gets to play where.
What do you mean by that?
And if bud and his gang think they can change that by bombing us, they're going to be sorely mistaken. Yeah. Real sorely.
Bullies don't play by the rules.
There's one by the fireplace.
They still have to abide by them.
Your man here retaliated by telling the Special Activities Division you were about to blow their op wide open.
Yeah, no, I know, I thought I'd be back by now as well.
They don't do anything without each other, so they go out and look for a dead body in the first season, and Scott gets bit by a werewolf.
Derek recruits kids who can be helped by this, who all have weaknesses, and who are all being pushed. He sees it as a way out for them.
News and current affairs
Some have argued instead that gold's long upward march has been partly driven by the development of new financial instruments that make it easier to trade and speculate in gold.
Similar demands were heard all over Europe, where the anti-Nazi or anti-fascist resistance was often led by leftists, or indeed Communists, and prewar conservatives were frequently tainted by collaboration with fascist regimes.
A different kind of revolution was taking place in Europe's former colonies in Asia, where native peoples had no desire to be ruled once more by Western powers, which had been so ignominiously defeated by Japan.
But in some ways the 1945 consensus, in the West, was strengthened by Cold War politics.
And, perversely, American neo-conservatives have transformed the internationalism of the old left by seeking to impose a democratic world order by US military force.
I just took it for granted that, by the time I was, say, 40, space travel would be a common thing.
On the contrary, by and large it was the critics, not the supporters, of these measures who found themselves in trouble.
The problem exists in all countries affected by the threat of terrorism, though in many it has not become quite as specific.
But the West's key features, democracy and the rule of law, have taken a far more severe battering at the hands of their defenders than by their attackers.
Some of today's restrictions on habeas corpus and civil liberties have sunset clauses restricting their validity; all such rules should be re-examined by parliaments regularly.
That is all the more reason for democrats to stand tall in defending our values - first and foremost by acting in accordance with them.
Now, emboldened by continuing appreciation, some are suggesting that gold could be headed even higher than that.
Even so, the fact that very high inflation is possible does not make it probable, so one should be cautious in arguing that higher gold prices are being driven by inflation expectations.
In 1989, liberal democracy triumphed over the socialist ideology incarnated and promoted by the Soviet Bloc.
By contrast, 2009 is likely to pave the way to a new form of bipolarity, but with China substituting for the Soviet Union.
This dream quickly faded when the Cold War divided the world into two hostile blocs. But in some ways the 1945 consensus, in the West, was strengthened by Cold War politics.