us
/əs/ pronoun A1- Me and at least one other person, excluding the person(s) being addressed. (exclusive us.) · Don't treat us like idiots.
- Me and at least one other person, including the person(s) being addressed. (inclusive us.) · Let's ask him if he'll give us a lift.
- We, used in the same circumstances where “me” would be used instead of “I”, e.g. for the pronoun in isolation or as the complement of the copula · Who's there? — Us. (or) — It's us.· Who's going to go? — Us. We'll go.
- Any entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with, such as place of employment or education, nation, region, language, etc. · It's not true that the rest of Europe hates us.· I went to watch my favourite team play Real Madrid, but they thrashed us 5-0.
- People in general. · Grief ages us.
- The person(s) being addressed. · Come on! Wakey wakey! Let's get us up and out of bed, please.
- Used to imply connection between the speaker's experiences or activities and a group of listeners. · Hey guys, in this video I'll show you how I make my upside-down sponge cake. First let's get us a few ingredients that we'll need ...
- Me. · Give us a look at your paper.· Fetch us a cold beer from the fridge, would you.
From the library
“To be sure!—to be sure!” cried Dantès, eagerly quitting the table; “let us go directly!”
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.
“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.”
But, Lizzy, you can tell us whether it is like or not.”
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