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(v.) = get used to + idea, deal with + conceptEx. Then, leaning back in her chair and with an impish smile playing about her mouth, she said: 'You know I can't quite get used to the idea of him giving up his job to follow his wife'.Ex. In this age of financial restriction we have to see ourselves, even at the smallest unit, as an international library resource network, and unless we can deal with this concept we can't rework the ISBD into a viable tool.* * *(v.) = get used to + idea, deal with + conceptEx: Then, leaning back in her chair and with an impish smile playing about her mouth, she said: 'You know I can't quite get used to the idea of him giving up his job to follow his wife'.
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used to — W2S1 [ˈju:st tu:] modal v 1.) if something used to happen, it happened regularly or all the time in the past, but does not happen now ▪ He used to go to our school. ▪ We re eating out more often than we used to. did not use to do sth ▪ You didn t … Dictionary of contemporary English
used to — used to1 [ just tu ] modal verb *** Used to is usually followed by an infinitive: We used to swim in the river. But sometimes the following infinitive is left out: I don t play golf now, but I used to. Used to only exists as a past tense.… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
used to vs used to do — Used to can be used as an adjective and we use it to talk about things that have become familiar, and are no longer strange or new. For example: I am used to mistakes now. You can also be used to doing something. For example: I am used to … English dictionary of common mistakes and confusing words
used to vs used to do — Used to can be used as an adjective and we use it to talk about things that have become familiar, and are no longer strange or new. For example: I am used to mistakes now. You can also be used to doing something. For example: I am used to … English dictionary of common mistakes and confusing words
Used — may refer to:*Used good, goods of any type that have been used before *Used (Huesca), a village in Huesca, Aragon, Spain *Used, Zaragoza, a town in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain *Used (song), a song by Rocket from the Crypt from their 1995 album Scream … Wikipedia
used — [juːzd] adjective used car/clothes etc cars, clothes etc that have had one or more previous owners; = pre owned AmE; SECOND HAND * * * used UK US /juːzd/ adjective ► COMMERCE used goods, cars, etc. have belonged to someone else and are not new… … Financial and business terms
Used Songs 1973–1980 — Used Songs 1973–1980 … Википедия
used-car salesman — [used car salesman] noun (pl men)(BrE) a man whose job is selling car … Useful english dictionary
Used future — is a literary concept of modern science fiction. It represents a future wherein the environment and materials look old and used as opposed to everything being shiny and new in appearance.The term was coined by George Lucas when referring to the… … Wikipedia
used — [ juzd ] adjective *** 1. ) owned by someone else before you: SECOND HAND: a used car salesman 2. ) no longer completely clean because of having been used: a used towel … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
used — (adj.) second hand, 1590s, pp. adjective from USE (Cf. use) (v.). To be used to “accustomed, familiar” is recorded by 1520s. Verbal phrase used to formerly did or was (as in I used to love her) represents a construction attested from c.1300,… … Etymology dictionary
