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- I [aɪ]
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1.
pron
[subjective]
refers to the speaker or writer
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2.
pron
[Etymology]
C12: reduced form of Old English ic; compare Old Saxon ik, Old High German ih, Sanskrit ahám
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1.
pron
[subjective]
refers to the speaker or writer
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1.
symbol for
[chem]
iodine
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2.
symbol for
[physics]
current
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3.
symbol for
[physics]
isospin
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4.
symbol for
[logic]
a particular affirmative categorial statement, such as some men are married, often symbolized as SiP - Compare A E O
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5.
the Roman numeral for
one - See Roman numerals
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6.
international car registration for
Italy
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7.
international car registration for
[Etymology]
(for sense4) from Latin (aff)i(rmo) I affirm
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1.
symbol for
[chem]
iodine
Examples
- the future in English is a compound tense involving the use of such auxiliary verbs as ``shall'' and ``will'' → compound
- x4 + x + 3 and xyz2 are of the fourth degree → degree
- ``Sally'' is a hypocorism for ``Sarah'' → hypocorism
- I was late for the meeting so I started running, and when I got there I was totally out of breath.
- 因为开会快迟到了，我就开始跑步前进，所以赶到那儿时，已经是上气不接下气了。
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3 ± 2
2 are conjugate algebraic numbers, being roots of x2 -- 6x + 1 → conjugate - b2 -- 4ac is the discriminant of ax2 + bx + c = 0 → discriminant
- I'm sure i have his E-mail address, but i don't know where i wrote it.
- 我确信有他的电子邮件地址，但是我不知道记在哪儿了。
- When i can't fall asleep i don't take pills, i prefer to read a book, it helps me.
- 我睡不着时不会吃药，而是喜欢读书，这对我更有帮助。
- I want to grow my beard, i think i would look a little more interesting.
- 我想留胡子，我想这会让我看起来有点儿意思吧。 → beard
- Once i didn't believe in acupuncture, but after i tried i found out that it really works.
- 以前我不相信针灸，但试过一次之后发现确实有效。 → believe
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