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  • be three [in number]

  • three

  • three years ago, since three years ago, for three years

  • be three years of age, be three years old

  • be three years of age, be three years old

  • be Wednesday

  • for three nights, three nights

  • be three days

  • be the third of the month

  • for three days, three days, three days ago

  • tripod

  • have three leaves

  • [the numeral] three, 3

  • be pinned down [under a weight], be trapped [under a weight]

  • pin sth. down [under a weight], trap sth. [under a weight]

  • catch sth. (an.) in a trap, pin smb. down [under a weight]

  • trap, device for catching animals

  • be caught in a trap, be pinned down [under a weight], be

  • three feet [long or high]

  • three [rows], three [strands], three [strings], three rows, three strands, three stringfuls

  • three dollars

  • three hundred

  • three [bottles], three [sticks], three bottles, three sticks

  • three [playing cards], three [playing] cards, three [pieces of cloth], three pieces

  • be in three goups, form three groups

  • be in three groups, form three groups

  • three

  • Wednesday

  • be good at [something], do something well

  • be a habitual liar

  • butcher things, make a kill, slaughter [an animal]

  • mourn, be in mourning

  • be fertile, be prolific, have a lot of children

  • be a good shot, be a marksman

  • handle sth. regularly, be good at handling sth.

  • handle sth. (an.) regularly, be good at handling sth. (an.)

  • do things well

  • grow to maturity

  • grow sth. (an.), produce sth. (an.), raise sth. (an.)

  • finish growing crops, raise crops to maturity

  • grow to maturity

  • raise smb.

  • finish raising one's children, raise one's children to maturity, raise one's children

  • grow sth., produce sth., raise sth.

  • first

  • kill something for somebody

  • kill something belonging to smb.

  • stand first in line

  • first [before others, i.e., relative position in a sequence]

  • firstborn, oldest child

  • be [positioned] first

  • destroy sth., kill sth.

  • take after smb., resemble smb.

  • be long

  • give a sign of impending events; portend

  • have a certain reputation

  • my roll [in dice]

  • be enthusiastic [about doing something], be a keen worker

  • work at sth. enthusiastically

  • work at sth. (an.) enthusiastically

  • have a long nose

  • be long, be tall

  • try [to do sth. with little perceived chance of success]

  • be calm

  • be noisy, make a lot of noise

  • hiccough, hiccup

  • grab smb. [to wrestle with him]

  • grab each other [to wrestle]

  • start quarrelling with smb.; pick a quarrel with smb.

  • catch fire

  • catch fire

  • catch fire

  • bite smb., seize sth. (an.) with the teeth

  • grab sth. (an.), take hold of smb.

  • grab sth., take hold of sth.

  • grab something belonging to smb.

  • bite sth., seize sth. with the teeth

  • grab things, take hold of things

  • bite things, seize things with the teeth

  • catch fire

  • lie with lowered head

  • seize sth., snatch sth., reach out and grab sth.

  • grab something and hold on

  • seize sth. (an.), snatch sth. (an.), reach out and grab sth. (an.)

  • grab a snack

  • more, to a greater degree than some reference point

  • take a lunch, take provisions along

  • take something as provisions, take something for lunch

  • make a lunch for smb. [to take], prepare provisions for smb.

  • make a lunch [to take], prepare provisions for a trip

  • make a lunch [to take] for oneself, prepare provisions for oneself

  • make a lunch [to take] for oneself with something, prepare something as

  • argue with smb. about something, confront smb. with something

  • speak in a certain way, have a certain pronunciation, make a certain

  • rest

  • give sth. a rest, rest sth.

  • be long

  • wear a long dress

  • be long