Them
pronoun
Used to refer to specific people or things previously mentioned or easily identified.
I saw your parents today and spoke to them
Often appears as...
- talk to them
- look at them
pronoun
Used to refer to a person of unspecified gender.
If anyone calls, tell them I'll be back in an hour
Usage tips
Disapproving
pronoun
Used in phrases expressing anger, annoyance, or contempt.
Oh, them and their perfect lives
Often appears as...
- forget them
- ignore them
Usage tips
Disapproving
pronoun
Used after the verb 'to be' to refer back to a person or thing mentioned as the subject of the clause.
The best person for the job is them
Often appears as...
- is them
- are them
pronoun
Used to refer to specific people or things previously mentioned or easily identified.
I saw your parents today and spoke to them
Often appears as...
- talk to them
- look at them
pronoun
Used to refer to a person of unspecified gender.
If anyone calls, tell them I'll be back in an hour
Usage tips
Disapproving
pronoun
Used in phrases expressing anger, annoyance, or contempt.
Oh, them and their perfect lives
Often appears as...
- forget them
- ignore them
Usage tips
Disapproving
pronoun
Used after the verb 'to be' to refer back to a person or thing mentioned as the subject of the clause.
The best person for the job is them
Often appears as...
- is them
- are them
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Context Clues
Identify who or what 'them' is referring to by checking the previous sentences.
The children played outside. Their laughter made me smile as I watched them.
Pro Tip 2/3Varying Uses
'Them' can refer to objects, animals, or people depending on the context.
The books are on the table; please can you move them?
Pro Tip 3/3Group Reference
Use 'them' when talking about groups of people or things as one entity.
The team won the match; congratulate them!
Pro Tip 1/3Context Clues
Identify who or what 'them' is referring to by checking the previous sentences.
The children played outside. Their laughter made me smile as I watched them.
Pro Tip 2/3Varying Uses
'Them' can refer to objects, animals, or people depending on the context.
The books are on the table; please can you move them?
Pro Tip 3/3Group Reference
Use 'them' when talking about groups of people or things as one entity.
The team won the match; congratulate them!
Pro Tip 1/3Context Clues
Identify who or what 'them' is referring to by checking the previous sentences.
The children played outside. Their laughter made me smile as I watched them.
Pro Tip 2/3Varying Uses
'Them' can refer to objects, animals, or people depending on the context.
The books are on the table; please can you move them?
Pro Tip 3/3Group Reference
Use 'them' when talking about groups of people or things as one entity.
The team won the match; congratulate them!
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What is depression? -...
anymore than they could will themselves to get over a broken arm. If you haven't experienced depression yourself, avoid comparing it to times you've felt down. Comparing what they're experiencing to normal, temporary feelings of sadness can make them feel guilty for struggling. Even just talking about depression openly can help.
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is intimately connected to those distant, invisible galaxies. We can think of them as part of our universe. They make up a single, giant edifice obeying the same physical laws and all made from the same types of atoms, electrons, protons, quarks, neutrinos, that make up you and me.
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Can you solve the...
the dictator reluctantly agrees to let you visit the island and speak to the prisoners under the following you may only make one statement, and you cannot tell them any new information. What can you say to help free the prisoners without incurring the dictator's wrath?
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Bill Gates: The next...
As an example, we could have taken the blood of survivors, processed it, and put that plasma back in people to protect them. But that was never tried. So there was a lot that was missing. And these things are really a global failure.
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JIM So, they were to be respected. Yes, they were dopers and traffickers, but you cannot underestimate them. You underestimate people of that caliber, you're doomed.
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10 TOP Natural History...
the most complex most beautiful song in the world i guess there are lots of contenders but this bird must be one of them the superb live bird of southern
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By removing one cub at birth and then switching them throughout the day and night, keepers are able to encourage panda mothers to feed both siblings,
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Reunited. Three out of five chicks have made it. Without such a dramatic start in life, it's unlikely any of them would have even got this far.
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Fighting HIV/AIDS...
medicines love and protection please don't let them dance alone
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British Statesman
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American President
Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.
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Greek Author
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
Songs for me are like a message in a bottle. You send them out to the world, and maybe the person who you feel that way about will hear about it someday.
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Winston Churchill
British Statesman
There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true.
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Abraham Lincoln
American President
Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.
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Jim Carrey
Canadian Comedian
Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.
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Galileo Galilei
Italian Scientist
We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.
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Ernest Hemingway
American Novelist
All my life I've looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time.
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Ice Cube
American Musician
I really appreciate family. I really can't imagine life without them!
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James A. Garfield
American President
Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.
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Marilyn Monroe
American Actress
Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them.
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Aesop
Greek Author
The gods help them that help themselves.
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