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What does left mean?
Definitions in simple English

left

One of the two directions, the opposite of right. This arrow is pointing left: Turn left at the next corner. Remaining, still there. Three apples are left.

left

The left side. The shop is on your left. A left turn. Take two lefts and a right and then you'll be there.

left

being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north my left hand left center field the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east she stood on the left (= leftover, left over, odd, remaining, unexpended) not used up leftover meatloaf she had a little money left over so she went to a movie some odd dollars left saved the remaining sandwiches for supper unexpended provisions toward or on the left; also used figuratively he looked right and left the political party has moved left those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare the hand that is on the left side of the body jab with your left the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left the batter flied out to left (= left-hand) intended for the left hand I rarely lose a left-hand glove of or belonging to the political or intellectual left a turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east take a left at the corner

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ultra-Left left wing Leftist

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Simple sentences

How many sandwiches are there left?
I can't find my glasses. I may have left them behind on the train.
The buses left one after another.
Who left the door open?
Someone must have left it there.
The old man left a large fortune to his wife.
If you turn to the left, you'll see a white building.
Show me what you have in your left hand.
The child was afraid of being left alone in the dark.
The antiques my father left when he died turned out to be nothing but worthless junk.
The bus had already left when we got to the bus stop.
We left home early in the morning.
Someone must have left the water running.
When I left the train station, I saw a man.
They were left speechless.
No student has ever complained of pains in the front lobe of the left side of the brain.
There's a secret path on the left.
Open the cupboard to the left, the bottles are in there.
After that, I left, but then I realized that I forgot my backpack at their house.
It was raining when we left, but by the time we arrived, it was sunny.
We left by train.
You arrived at the moment I left.
We came with the sun, but left with the rain.
It was sunny when we arrived, but rainy when we left.
You've left out a word in copying the textbook.
There are few high-ranking positions left open for you.
What options do I have left?
I left your umbrella in the bus.

Movie subtitles

I heard that I was dying but I didn't find out how much time I have left.
And what's the point if we're the only ones left?!
Hey! The Britannian forces have left the stadium!
China's failure to exploit its advantages left the path of overseas expansion wide open for the West.
There aren't many virgins left, so some of them are turning to babies.
I left my companion and I'm way worse than you!
With an atmosphere of water vapour and carbon dioxide, this cycle kept going and going and the runaway greenhouse effect has left Venus dry, lifeless, and a scorching 480 degrees Celsius.
I. I hope there's stuff left.
Who else could've left that spear?
She came and left!
She said farewell to me before she left.
I was worried when you left after acting strangely.
Hold this in your left hand and put your right hand on your waist.
But. those memories can give those left behind strength.
After 6 p.m., when the Observatory's personnel had left, we were allowed to leave the room, but at 8 a.m. we had to be back.
We left with the cavalry at dawn and encountered them at noon.
We wouldn't be here if your father hadn't left the army.
There's nothing left to be said.
Sir, my wife is dead. She left me 5 children.
I didn't get to see her this morning, 'cause she left early for the tech run.
Nothing's right since Steve left.
I wanted to see if Steve left some sort of clue in the final rungs about how he would leave us.
For now, I've lost Ivan's brainwaves, but there's no sign that he's left there.
That motel that was left in ruins, well, it happened after we contacted you.
Wait. They've been following me from the moment I left the airport to this place?
This is all I have left of them.
Are you trying to tell me Ivan left of his own free will?
Is it the one on the left?
You're my nephew, the only relative that I have left.
Who are we left with now?
What's the reason? Because his health was deteriorating. If he is bailed out today, there is still 3 days left to extend his prosecution, right?
But if the Master knows, he'll go crazy. After Special Customer Service's Tae Yang left Kingdom's Master Joo, there's a huge rumor that he's a bit out of his mind.
NOTHING FROM SAM OR MILES. I'VE LEFT ROSS 15 MESSAGES, MAYBE AS MANY TEXTS.
SHE'S NOT HERE. I'VE LEFT HER LOTS OF MESSAGES, CALLED HER FRIENDS. NO ONE'S HEARD FROM HER.
You are a pathetic man who has been left behind by the times!
Left one is hypoplastic.
Wait, she wouldn't have left it by the window if she didn't, like, want somebody to take it, right?

News and current affairs

The swing to the left, to social-democratic welfare states, occurred all over Western Europe.
The extraordinary reception of Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century shows how keenly the consequences of the collapse of the left have been felt.
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.
The Sudairis, it seems, have apparently left their half brother alone to twist in the wind. Abdullah's proposal could weaken his position domestically, particularly in relation to the country's powerful Islamists.
But renewal of this sort cannot be left to global market forces, as the results might not necessarily benefit European agriculture and society.
The Bush Administration, not to be left behind, has shown how public accounting rules can be bent so as to provide a misleading picture of what is really happening in a national economy.
In the end, Putin has what history left him: not ideas, just a faction yearning to consolidate its grip on power.
The left in America criticizes Obama for not turning the economy around already.
On the left side of the German political spectrum, the proposition that 8 May 1945 was a day of liberation remains unchallenged.
Left-wing pacifism tends to overlook this simple fact.
Walking a fine line in what was essentially a lose-lose situation, the party leadership laid out the stakes clearly and judiciously left the final decision to parliament.
How to do this is left up to the new leaders, who are often credited with goodness and powers of persuasion they never had and never will have.
Wouldn't life be easier if a common market, currency, foreign policy, army, and a few other things were run on a Europe-wide basis, with the rest left to more meaningful local units?
According to public opinion polls, Royal is the clear favorite of the left and the only candidate able to defeat Sarkozy.
This is Manicheanism of the left, and, like Manicheanism of the political right, it can distort reality to the point of becoming divorced from it.
Meanwhile, as Wolfgang Streeck writes persuasively in New Left Review, democratic governments, facing what seemed, in the 1960's, like an endless vista of innovation and growth, were quick to expand the welfare state.
There, the private sector has essentially been left to fend for itself; and most households and companies are struggling, thus fueling continued economic implosion.
The importance of financial transparency in the extractive industries is not limited to one country or era - and it is too important to be left to voluntary efforts alone.
This left an ideological vacuum, swiftly filled in the 1980's by greed, cynicism, and corruption.
As a result, these countries were left with no choice but to subcontract their development to the IMF and World Bank.

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