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1 be
present tense am [ʌm], are [a:], is [ɪz]; past tense was [woz], were [w†:]; present participle 'being; past participle been [bi:n, (·meriцan) bɪn]; subjunctive were [w†:]; short forms I'm [aim] (I am), you're [ju†] (you are), he's [hi:z] (he is), she's [ʃi:z] (she is), it's [ɪ ] (it is), we're [wi†] (we are), they're [Ɵe†] (they are); negative short forms isn't (is not), aren't [a:nt] (are not), wasn't (was not), weren't [w†:nt] (were not)1) (used with a present participle to form the progressive or continuous tenses: I'm reading; I am being followed; What were you saying?.)2) (used with a present participle to form a type of future tense: I'm going to London.)3) (used with a past participle to form the passive voice: He was shot.) būti4) (used with an infinitive to express several ideas, eg necessity (When am I to leave?), purpose (The letter is to tell us he's coming), a possible future happening (If he were to lose, I'd win) etc.) turėti, lemta būti5) (used in giving or asking for information about something or someone: I am Mr Smith; Is he alive?; She wants to be an actress; The money will be ours; They are being silly.) būti•- being- the be-all and end-all -
2 by
1. preposition1) (next to; near; at the side of: by the door; He sat by his sister.) prie, šalia2) (past: going by the house.) pro3) (through; along; across: We came by the main road.)4) (used (in the passive voice) to show the person or thing which performs an action: struck by a stone.)5) (using: He's going to contact us by letter; We travelled by train.)6) (from; through the means of: I met her by chance; by post.)7) ((of time) not later than: by 6 o'clock.) iki8) (during the time of.) laiku, metu9) (to the extent of: taller by ten centimetres.)10) (used to give measurements etc: 4 metres by 2 metres.) iš11) (in quantities of: fruit sold by the kilo.)12) (in respect of: a teacher by profession.) iš2. adverb1) (near: They stood by and watched.) netoliese2) (past: A dog ran by.) pro šalį3) (aside; away: money put by for an emergency.) į šalį•- bypass 3. verb(to avoid (a place) by taking such a road.) apvažiuoti- bystander
- by and by
- by and large
- by oneself
- by the way
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Passive voice — Voice Voice, n. [OE. vois, voys, OF. vois, voiz, F. voix, L. vox, vocis, akin to Gr. ? a word, ? a voice, Skr. vac to say, to speak, G. erw[ a]hnen to mention. Cf. {Advocate}, {Advowson}, {Avouch}, {Convoke}, {Epic}, {Vocal}, {Vouch}, {Vowel}.] 1 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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passive voice — passive .voice n [singular] the ↑passive 2 … Dictionary of contemporary English
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passive voice — voice which is not active in grammar, passive form of a transitive verb (Grammar) … English contemporary dictionary
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passive voice — Leo pili ia mai. See verb … English-Hawaiian dictionary
English passive voice — This article is about the passive voice in English. For the passive voice generally, including its use in other languages, see Passive voice. English grammar series English grammar Contraction Disputes in English grammar English compound English… … Wikipedia
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