Thing
Meanings and phrases
thing
- a special situation
- an action
- a special abstraction
- an artifact
- a vaguely specified concern; matter; affair
- an event
- a statement regarded as an object
- an entity that is not named specifically
- any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence
- a special objective
- a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion
- a separate and self-contained entity
n.
- a living (or once living) entity; animate thing
- It's a living thing, it's living music.
- Architecture is a living thing.
- Inside, the house (which is now a living thing) begins to talk to them.
n.
- informal usage attributing authenticity; real McCoy; real stuff
- We knew the real thing would be far too limiting."
- But it was a real thing that really saved me".
- They then try it out against the real thing.
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- The same thing soon happened to the second group.
- Biodiversity and wildlife are not the same thing.
- A person and a human being would be the same thing.
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- But that was the only thing I ever wanted to do."
- The only thing we're concerned about is the landing.
- The only thing that I don't know is the sender.
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- The whole thing is on a circular, yellow ground."
- I love San Francisco, the bay, and the whole thing.
- The whole thing is simply beyond comprehension."
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- I know they’re not doing the right thing for me."
- I don't think that's the right thing to do."
- He then consults with Holt regarding what's the right thing to do.
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- It was the best thing that ever happened," said Firmin.
- I suppose it's the best thing that ever happened to me."
- Michael spoke to the crowd "This is the best thing I've ever looked at".
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- I don't know whether that's a good thing or not."
- "Abolishing the Death Penalty is a good thing.
- For the most part, this is a good thing".
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- What will you consider the first thing to be done?"
- "The first thing I realised when I saw J was that he was dying.
- Wonderland told Triple J "But it was the first thing that came to my mind.
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- For example, there is no such thing as heart disease.
- There is no such thing as a wrong way to solve a cube.
- He felt there was no such thing as a timeless building.
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- I said the most important thing I ever said.
- As I said earlier, the important thing is to stick with it.
- Family tree or lineage is a very important thing for the Batak.
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- For example, there is no such thing as heart disease.
- There is no such thing as a wrong way to solve a cube.
- He felt there was no such thing as a timeless building.
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- Not that anyone ever says such a thing outright.
- Storm is shocked Breeze would do such a thing.
- Too many really, if there is such a thing.
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- I said the most important thing I ever said.
- Charlie declines, as his family is the most important thing in his life.
- It is a very entertaining manga, which is probably the most important thing."
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- The last thing you need is an emotional genius."
- I'll run them down if it's the last thing I do!"
- That's the last thing Steve would want."
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- A lot of people go through that sort of thing.
- I'm pleased, though, because I love this sort of thing."
- It used to be that you couldn't talk about this sort of thing.
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- Crabbe's shift in approach was not necessarily a bad thing.
- That's not a bad thing, though."
- bad thing, prohibition, etc.
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- 'Well, Hart if you want to do "that kind of thing!"'
- What kind of thing is this so-called structure?
- Anyone who wants to carry on this kind of thing must be sick.
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- The closest thing to a crossover centred on the fictional drug MGH.
- The closest thing with a proven scientific base are hyperaccumulators.
- But it's the closest thing to art that "post-punk"... has offered in a while".
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- That’s a big thing — a lot of time.
- Besides, it ain't no big thing – I just threw her through a door."
- They're a big thing on campus.
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- The worst thing is that she will suffer."
- I think the worst thing that ever happened to him was drugs.
- or "What's the worst thing that could happen in this situation?"
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- It's nice to see him doing his own thing – getting things off his chest.
- Janis Joplin was her own thing; she was into Big Mama Thornton and Bessie Smith.
- Dash was also committed to "his own thing", which did not make matters any better.
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- But a funny thing happened on the way to print.
- A similar thing happened with the Asger Jorn certificate.
- The same thing happened the third time, and the creature died.
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- The next thing I heard was a soldier saying: "They are all dead!
- The next thing the object sees is Engineering, and its reflection.
- So I came back, met the guys and the next thing I know I was in the band.
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- Rob Sheffield of "Rolling Stone" said that "the great thing about "Oops!
- "It just seemed a great thing to do to spend time working on something that's your own."
- Iommi said that performing at the event as Black Sabbath would be "a great thing to do to help represent Birmingham.
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- His "method of reasoning" is "comprehensive ..." but it "includes every thing alike.
- There is something in the detested French constitution that envenoms every thing it touches".
- Smith wrote that the "real price of every thing ... is the toil and trouble of acquiring it".
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- The main thing was to try and stay on his chest.
- He believed that action is the main thing.
- The main thing is: from an economic standpoint - THE PATIENT LIVED!
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- Astan means shrine and Bandar means devotion of food or any other thing.
- If there is some other thing which makes it one, this other is rather the soul.
- We would just leave to Israel with no desire of hijacking a plane or any other thing that's illegal.