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it's time you went etc 306.2: on/in
time 450; telling the time 579
time and tense 10.2
tired of .. .ing 297.1
titles and names (e.g. Mr Lewis. Peter)
363; Ms 222.7
tits (taboo word I swearword) 575 to (infinitive marker) 280.6; used
instead of whole infinitive 182; weak
and strong form 616.3
to (preposition) and at!in 80; and
until!till 602.2; dropped after where 619; to .. .ing 298.2; to bed/school! hospital etc 70.1; weak and strong form 616.3
to begin with (discourse marker) 157.10
truths pronunciation 525.4
try + -ing form or infinitive 299.6; try
and 53.1
try (noun) one more try 598.1
tube by tube 70.1
turn, turn into (changes) 128.7 turning verbs into nouns 598
TV preposition 450; without article
70.11
twat (taboo word I swearword) 575 twice as ... as etc 136.7
two-part verbs (e.g. break up, listen
to) 599-600
type of 551; following article dropped
70.6; these type of551.2
typical preposition 449
ugly adjective. not adverb 27.1 ultra- (prefix) 445.1
un- (prefix) 445.1
unable 3
uncountable see countable
under- (prefix) 445.1
under no circumstances + inversion
(auxiliary before subject) 302.7 under, below, underneath and beneath
100
understand non-progressive verb
471.2; + object + to be 607.3; + object + -ing form 296.1; can understand
125.3; I understand that . .. 243; make oneself understood 335.2; so I understand 539.3; there is understood to be 418.4
understanding complicated sentences 515
unemployed the unemployed 17.1 uni- (prefix) 445.1
unimportant for ... to 291.4
union with singular or plural verb and
pronoun 526.1
United States + singular verbl
pronoun 527.6
university preposition 450;
expressions without article 70.1 unless 601; + present with future meaning 601.3; and if not 601.1
unlikely 327; adjective, not adverb 27.1 unnecessary for ... to 291.4
until and till 602; + past participle (e.g.
until cooked) 411.6: + present tense with future meaning 602.4; and before 602.7; and by 602.6; and to 602.2; not used for distance 602.3
up and down (upldown the road etc) 603
up to (distance, quantity) 602.3 upbringing and education 113 upward(s) 614
us 428-9; meaning 'me' 429.6; us
women etc 429.1; weak and strong form 616.3
to blame 287.2
to hear her talk, you'd think.
to see
them, you'd think etc 292.2
to some la great extent 157.12 to start with (discourse marker)
157.10
to sum up 157.21
to tell the truth 157.20
today 457.3
tomato
tonight 594
too (adverb), also and as well 46; in
negative clauses 47; position 46.1.4;
me too 46.3
too (determiner) structures and meaning 595; and too much 595.2; and uery 595.1.7; much too. far too etc 595.3; special word order with adjectives 14
too much/many 596; too much and too 595.2
tooth plural 524.2
toothache countable or uncountable
148.7
tornado plural 523.3
toward(s) 614.3
town expressions without article 70.1;
and city 129; the town 69.4 traffic uncountable 148.3
train by train 70.1; on a train 81.4 trans- (prefix) 445.1
translate preposition 449
travel (uncountable) and journey
148.3; countable use 149.3; travel. journey. trip and voyage 597
travelling etc spelling 562.6
tri- (prefix) 445.1
trip preposition 449; Have I Did you
haue a good trip 545.9; trip. travel, journey and voyage 597
troops plural with no singular 524.7 trouble + (object +) infinitive 282-3 trousers plural with no singular 524.7 true it is true (discourse marker) 157.5
with present perfect or past
plural 523.3
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