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(am, is, are) born

Parf of speech: Phrase, OED Year: N/A, OED Evaluation: N/A

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ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: How- are your- where your parents from? Are they from- were they born in Canada or-? Speaker: Yeah, uh-huh. Both my parents are born in Canada however all my aunts and uncles are born in Holland. And my grandparents are from Holland. They are the tall, blonde blue-eyed.
"was/were born"
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: So she can talk with some people, and they're like "oh does she have an accent, or why's she?" but they understand her. Interviewer: okay okay Speaker: Whereas people who are born deaf, they have a really hard time, 'cause they don't hear the echo, they don't know they're just like "(makes sound)" Interviewer: yes Speaker: and like "well we can train them," and you-know, just like forget it, we 'll just use our hands.
"was/were born"
ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: Did she travel? Speaker: No. She's- she's born and raised outside of Dallas. And didn't have a- like Susan-Banks on Buffalo- news is born and raised in Buffalo but she doesn't have a Buffalo-accent. You-know, the- the nasily- Interviewer: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
"was/were born"
You know what? My boyfriend's parents live in Three- Valleys, so it 's a fifteen minute walk. They um are both born and raised in this neighbourhood. They still live in the neighbourhood. They're born and raised here.
"was/were born"
ExampleMeaning
So he said, "We narrow things down and then when we've narrowed things down," he said, "we talent-identify. As soon as we recognize a child that 's good," he said, "the best people in sport are born to it with their genes. Otherwise, they can't- they can't do it." Um and he said, "We would then take them to different coaches and different places and we'd take their life over, almost."
"was/were born"
ExampleMeaning
(inc) um, so yeah so he's got tons of buddies and most of them are born and raised here.
"was/were born"
ExampleMeaning
And parents took a bit more time with parenting. Because I mean mothers have always worked. It's nothing new. I mean if you're born in the wartime, if your father was either over-seas or he was working twelve-hour shifts, because what few men were left had to work and fill in for the men that weren't, so you didn't see your father that much ...
"was/were born"
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: Like out of the new volunteers and I think four of us share a birthday. Interviewer: That's ridiculous. Speaker: Or like not share a birthday but like are within like, you-know- Interviewer: A few days. Speaker: We're born within the first like week of February. Um and I know that at least two of the seasoned volunteers do. So like, that's like a quarter of TEACH within a week of like each other.
"was/were born"

A little ways

Parf of speech: Adverb, OED Year: 1568, OED Evaluation: Colloq (chiefly N. Amer.)

A good (great, little, etc.) distance. Frequently followed by an adverb, esp. off, away.

ExampleMeaning
Speaker: ... as soon as you get closer to the volcano, the vegetation was much more like a tropical jungle, it was, it was wild, it was so wild to see. Interviewer 2: Probably animals too. Speaker: Ah, we didn 't, like yeah we didn 't see anything that time but we drove through this thing a little ways until I couldn 't do it anymore because of the car, but um, it was, it was crazy.
A good (great, little, etc.) distance. Frequently followed by an adverb, esp. off, away.

Abutment

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1613, OED Evaluation: Obscure, rare

a projecting spit of land, a promontory

ExampleMeaning
I mean the water damage alone, uh it just washed houses away, and um, and ah there was a trailer park just north of Lakeshore Road, big trailer park, well the trailers were being washed down, they 'd come under the bridge, someone would get caught at the, you-know the big centre p-- uh abutment, be caught there for a while and then it finally get loose and go right out the river.
a projecting spit of land, a promontory

Across the line

Parf of speech: Preposition, OED Year: N/A, OED Evaluation: N/A

N/A

ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: And how long did you live in that neighbourhood? Speaker: I lived there for three years I think. Then we moved to five-Alexandra-Wood, which is few blocks north of there, um so I guess it's North-Toronto too. No, actually it was across the line in North-York. Um, and I lived there until I was fifteen. Then we moved to Forest-Hill-
Across a geopolitical border

Across the way

Parf of speech: Phrase, OED Year: N/A, OED Evaluation: NA

A track prepared or available for travelling along; a road, street, lane, or path. Now esp. in phrases like beside, over, across the way, the other side (of) the way, to cross the way, etc.

ExampleMeaning
Apparently friends of ours here in Toronto- they were on their honeymoon and we didn 't even know they 'd gotten married, and here, they bumped into them and as they say, they- you stand on the square long enough, you 'll meet somebody that you know, and they met them and- and apparently their hotel was across the way from ours.
Something that is nearby but a small walk; a place on the other side of a street
ExampleMeaning
Well, yeah, the people whose farm we were on and then there was another couple s-- and their child staying across the way and yeah, yeah, you get to, you-know, chat and everything. It 's- it 's nice.
Something that is nearby but a small walk; a place on the other side of a street

Affair - 1

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1835, OED Evaluation: N/A

An object or item that has been created or assembled for a particular purpose, often in a somewhat improvised manner; an invention; a contrivance.

ExampleMeaning
And ah they had a- a big diving-platform, like a ten-meter diving-platform, and they had couple of diving- boards and they had two pools, olympic-size pools that were end-to-end. And um they had a- like a veranda affair along one, so you could- you could go there and watch. Becau-- and you could watch for free because the- this one guy, Don-Webb, he later on went to coach the olympic-team, eh?
An object or item that has been created or assembled for a particular purpose, often in a somewhat improvised manner; an invention; a contrivance.

Affair - 2

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1736, OED Evaluation: N/A

A public or social occasion; an event, gathering, party, etc., often of a specified sort.

ExampleMeaning
Well then subsequently after I met my husband we would be at the Royal-York for New-Years-Eve and, and dance and that sort of thing. And then it was house parties and things like that. Yes. Private affairs.
A public or social occasion; an event, gathering, party, etc., often of a specified sort.
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: Yeah there was always something decent going on there over there (inc) you-know in uh- like Hamlin's-Point and Centre-Island and Ward's- Island, there was always some kind of an affair going on and- Interviewer: Festivals and fairs. Speaker: Yeah and something like that.
A public or social occasion; an event, gathering, party, etc., often of a specified sort.
ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: What about Christmas? What was the s-- way you used to celebrate Christmas? Speaker: Well Christmas is a family affair, and it still is with our family too. We always have Christmas together, uh, and, not always New-Year-s.
A public or social occasion; an event, gathering, party, etc., often of a specified sort.

Affair - 3

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1550, OED Evaluation: N/A

A subject or situation under consideration; a matter at hand; a matter to be dealt with; an issue. Also: an occurrence, a sequence of events.

ExampleMeaning
Um and that 's- the only good thing I can think of of my high-school education was the- our music teacher introduced us to musical theatre and classical music that I would not have been exposed to in the order of course of affairs, so that- that was good, so I- like- like Rogers-and-Hartt and things-like-that.
A subject or situation under consideration; a matter at hand; a matter to be dealt with; an issue. Also: an occurrence, a sequence of events.
ExampleMeaning
... the locker rooms were so big, people could put hot plates and different things in. So they claimed it was the wiring caught- then the next one was supposed to be a cigarette. It was in mid-winter and we had an affair downstairs and the fire-department said it was a cigarette had worked its way through an opening in the radiator, fell on a beam downstairs, and smoldered and caused a fire. But I know where the fire started.
A subject or situation under consideration; a matter at hand; a matter to be dealt with; an issue. Also: an occurrence, a sequence of events.

Affair - 4

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1473, OED Evaluation: N/A

The ordinary activities or usual business of a person or group; esp. matters of personal or private importance, often concerning the general relations carried on between individuals and groups. Also in extended use.

ExampleMeaning
... And my hair I-don-t-know what it 's going to be yet. I 'm still thinking up or down. And the guys they can 't wear running-shoes. They have to wear dress-shoes. ... No um the external-affairs which is the gir-- a person on the P-T-A who gets to plan the dances and like special events, they get to pick where they want it to be.
The ordinary activities or usual business of a person or group; esp. matters of personal or private importance, often concerning the general relations carried on between individuals and groups. Also in extended use.