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thing

Definition 1 (noun)

a special situation

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Oh, come on now, you always laughed at these things.
The Last Time I Saw Paris
Lesson 5
The next thing I know, I'm all tired out.
Scarlet Street
Lesson 8
Are you sure we're doing the right thing, Tom?
Night of the Living Dead
Lesson 7
Or next thing you'll be stealing his money.
Scarlet Street
Lesson 8
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Definition 2 (noun)

an entity that is not named specifically

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It wasn't a nightmare, I tell you. I saw those things.
The Amazing Mr. X
Lesson 2
Won't be long before those things'll be back, pounding their way in here. They're afraid now.
Night of the Living Dead
Lesson 3
Well, there must have been 10, 15 of those things chasing after it.
Night of the Living Dead
Lesson 3
And those things were catching up to it.
Night of the Living Dead
Lesson 3
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Definition 3 (noun)

an artifact

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Oh, here, help me get these things out of the way.
The Amazing Mr. X
Lesson 5
I want to run up to the attic. I want to get a couple of things.
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Lesson 1
I'll have the same thing you have, if you don't mind.
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Lesson 2
Suppose the Lieutenant and the others are in that thing.
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Lesson 8
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Definition 4 (noun)

a vaguely specified concern

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How else would you know all these things?
The Amazing Mr. X
Lesson 1
I can't tell you how I know these things.
The Amazing Mr. X
Lesson 1
He's told her things he couldn't know, unless he were psychic.
The Amazing Mr. X
Lesson 3
There are... there are many things in my life of which I am ashamed.
The Amazing Mr. X
Lesson 4
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Definition 5 (noun)

an action

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He did a lot of crazy things, some of them bad.
The Amazing Mr. X
Lesson 1
The best thing he ever did for you was to die.
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Lesson 1
Sometimes things connect.
Angel and the Badman
Lesson 5
That's enough, John... a friend doesn't speak of such things.
Angel and the Badman
Lesson 2
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Definition 6 (noun)

a special abstraction

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If you carry a thing in your mind, it makes you sick.
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Lesson 3
Things come back to you.
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Lesson 5
It was the nearest thing to heaven...
Love Affair
Lesson 8
I want to enjoy things and have fun.
The Last Time I Saw Paris
Lesson 2
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Definition 7 (noun)

any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence

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I just put a line around what I feel when I look at things.
Scarlet Street
Lesson 4
The light blinded me so badly I couldn't see a thing.
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Lesson 6
Chris, your face doesn't mean a thing.
Scarlet Street
Lesson 5
I can't... I can't do a thing when you're angry with me.
Scarlet Street
Lesson 7

Definition 8 (noun)

an event

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Strangest thing happened.
The Amazing Mr. X
Lesson 1
That's the way things are, you know.
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Lesson 4
Not a thing.
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Lesson 7
How are things running at the front office?
The Wasp Woman
Lesson 1