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us

/əs/ noun C2
  1. The relationship between the speaker and some other unspecified person. (informal) · There is no us.· Us is the best thing that's ever happened to me.
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“To be sure!—to be sure!” cried Dantès, eagerly quitting the table; “let us go directly!”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 29 · C1
We have purchased permission to waive the usual delay; and at half-past two o’clock the Mayor of Marseilles will be waiting for us at the city hall.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 26 · C1
“Let us go the same way; we will stop at La Réserve, and we can drink a glass of La Malgue, whilst we wait for news.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 20 · C1
But, Lizzy, you can tell us whether it is like or not.”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 275 · B2

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