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• what gives? — (informal) 1. What s new? 2. What s happening? • • • Main Entry: ↑give * * * what gives? spoken phrase used for asking what is happening in a situation Thesaurus: ways of asking questions and making requests …   Useful english dictionary

• what must...? — what/why/must...? phrase used for showing that you are unhappy or angry about a situation Why must life be so damn complicated? I forgot their daughter’s name. What must they think of me? Thesaurus: ways of emphasizing when you are annoyed or… …   Useful english dictionary

• what — /wɒt / (say wot) pronoun (interrogative) 1. (used to ask for the specifying of some impersonal thing): what is your name? what did he do? 2. (used to inquire as to the nature, character, class, origin, etc., of a thing or person): what is that… …  

• what with — preposition Etymology: what (II) : on account of what with summertime it was still broad daylight when, around half past eight, I entered the big living room Valentine Williams * * * what with Because of, considering • • • Main Entry: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• phrase — 1 noun (C) 1 a group of words that together have a particular meaning, especially when they express the meaning well in a few words: He said the President was what was the phrase he used? trigger happy . | Mrs Thatcher was, in Gorbachev s phrase …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• what ever? — who/why/what/etc ever? phrase used for emphasizing a question, especially when you are surprised or upset What ever gave you that idea? Usage note what ever , who ever etc can also be written as single words …   Useful english dictionary

• What Where — is Samuel Beckett s last play produced following a request for a new work for the 1983 Autumn Festival in Graz, Austria. It was written between February and March 1983 initially in French as Quoi où and translated by Beckett himself. ynopsisThe… …   Wikipedia

• What's the Frequency, Kenneth? — Single par R.E.M. extrait de l’album Monster Sortie 5 septembre 1994 …   Wikipédia en Français

• What Really Grinds My Gears — is an editorial column appearing in select Wichita, Kansas newspapers, and is written by editorial writer Mark Barlow whose views are often depicted as satirical and sarcastic.The column addresses various issues and quirks about the Kansan… …   Wikipedia

• what — 1. general. As a relative pronoun, what is an especially complex word because it can be either singular or plural and can refer both to words that have gone before and to words that come later in the sentence. In general it stands for a group of… …   Modern English usage