Ole Golly just had indoorthings and outdoorthings.... She just had yards and yards of tweed which enveloped her likea lot of discardedblankets, which balloonedout when she walked, and which she referred to as her Things. —Louise Fitzhugh, Harriet the Spy (1964)
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Utilisé au milieu de la phrase
Among the rest by fortune overthrowne, I am not least, that mostmay waile her fate: My fame and brute, abroad the world is blowne, Who can forget a thing thus done so late?
People do that sort ofthingevery day, withouteverstopping to reflect on the consequences.
I've got some things to do forabout an hour. After that, get at me.
Utilisé au début de la phrase
Things would soonbecomebigger than the local nighteries.
Things have been better since the boss has been laying offa little.
Thingswentwell through the crisp toasts with oiled acciughe, blistered friggitello peppers from the garden.
Utilisé dans la fin de la phrase
The wussification of Texas is all about those littlethings.
Hepromisedhimself that no matter what happenedhe would not do the tongue-lollingthing.
The freezing raincovered our windshield with ice and we couldn't see a thing.
Meaning of things for the defined word.
Grammaticalement, ce mot "things" est un nom, plus spécifiquement, un formes de noun.