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a separate and self-contained entity a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion; "he has a thing about seafood"; "she has a thing about him" an event; "a funny thing happened on the way to the..." a statement regarded as an object; "to say the same thing in other terms"; "how can you say such a thing?" a special objective; "the thing is to stay in bounds" a special abstraction; "a thing of the spirit"; "things of the heart" any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence; "the thing I like about her is ..." an entity that is not named specifically; "I couldn''t tell what the thing was" an artifact; "how does this thing work?" an action; "how could you do such a thing?" a special situation; "this thing has got to end"; "it is a remarkable thing" a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well" |
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