What
pronoun
Used to ask for information about someone or something.
What is your name?
Often appears as...
- what is this?
- what do you want?
adjective
Used to show surprise.
What a beautiful morning!
Often appears as...
- what a surprise!
- what a day!
pronoun
Identifying the thing or things mentioned.
I can see what you mean.
Often appears as...
- what i said was
- what are you doing?
adverb
To what extent or degree.
What an idiot you are!
Often appears as...
- what times do you have available?
- what are our chances?
determiner
Used referring to something further identified in the sentence.
Check out what clothes you have.
Often appears as...
- what book are you reading?
- what time is it?
pronoun
Used to express surprise or emphasis.
What! You think I'm lying?
Often appears as...
- what! are you serious?
- what! she left him?
pronoun
Used to ask for information about someone or something.
What is your name?
Often appears as...
- what is this?
- what do you want?
adjective
Used to show surprise.
What a beautiful morning!
Often appears as...
- what a surprise!
- what a day!
pronoun
Identifying the thing or things mentioned.
I can see what you mean.
Often appears as...
- what i said was
- what are you doing?
adverb
To what extent or degree.
What an idiot you are!
Often appears as...
- what times do you have available?
- what are our chances?
determiner
Used referring to something further identified in the sentence.
Check out what clothes you have.
Often appears as...
- what book are you reading?
- what time is it?
pronoun
Used to express surprise or emphasis.
What! You think I'm lying?
Often appears as...
- what! are you serious?
- what! she left him?
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Pro Tip 1/2Questioning Details
Use 'what' to explore specific information or clarify details about a subject.
What ingredients do I need for the recipe?
Pro Tip 2/2Beginner Interactions
'What' is often used in introductory conversations to know more about someone.
What do you like to do for fun?
Pro Tip 1/2Questioning Details
Use 'what' to explore specific information or clarify details about a subject.
What ingredients do I need for the recipe?
Pro Tip 2/2Beginner Interactions
'What' is often used in introductory conversations to know more about someone.
What do you like to do for fun?
Pro Tip 1/2Questioning Details
Use 'what' to explore specific information or clarify details about a subject.
What ingredients do I need for the recipe?
Pro Tip 2/2Beginner Interactions
'What' is often used in introductory conversations to know more about someone.
What do you like to do for fun?
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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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Bill Gates: The next...
No one to look at the diagnostics. No one to figure out what tools should be used. 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.
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The five major world...
If we followed our dharma and did our proper duty in our past life, we get good karma, which sends our soul upward in the social scale. Our rebirth into the next life is thus determined by what we do in this one. The wheel of rebirths is called samsara.
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The psychology of...
you used them as a source of attention or admiration. Or imagine that instead of seeking constructive feedback about your performance, you instead told everyone who tried to help you that they were wrong. So what causes narcissism?
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What are those floaty...
But the majority of the time entoptic phenomena, such as floaters and blue sky sprites, are just a gentle reminder that what we think we see depends just as much on our biology and minds as it does on the external world.
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How Do Cartels Get Their...
CARTEL MARIANA VAN Here's where things get interesting. Remember when I said that you never ask what cartel someone belongs to? I didn't. This guy just decided to tell me that he works for one
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Rethinking infidelity...
in an antidote to death. And contrary to what you may think, affairs are way less about sex, and a lot more about desire for attention, desire to feel special, desire to feel important.
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10 TOP Natural History...
what bird has the most elaborate the most complex most beautiful song in the world i guess there are lots of contenders but
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A collaborative song PIPE...
Brian said you know what we're still here it's pretty impressive
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Top 5 David Attenborough...
not exactly what she was after deeper
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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.
Video examples
Bill Gates: The next...
No one to look at the diagnostics. No one to figure out what tools should be used. 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.
Video examples
The five major world...
If we followed our dharma and did our proper duty in our past life, we get good karma, which sends our soul upward in the social scale. Our rebirth into the next life is thus determined by what we do in this one. The wheel of rebirths is called samsara.
Video examples
The psychology of...
you used them as a source of attention or admiration. Or imagine that instead of seeking constructive feedback about your performance, you instead told everyone who tried to help you that they were wrong. So what causes narcissism?
Video examples
What are those floaty...
But the majority of the time entoptic phenomena, such as floaters and blue sky sprites, are just a gentle reminder that what we think we see depends just as much on our biology and minds as it does on the external world.
Video examples
How Do Cartels Get Their...
CARTEL MARIANA VAN Here's where things get interesting. Remember when I said that you never ask what cartel someone belongs to? I didn't. This guy just decided to tell me that he works for one
Video examples
Rethinking infidelity...
in an antidote to death. And contrary to what you may think, affairs are way less about sex, and a lot more about desire for attention, desire to feel special, desire to feel important.
Video examples
10 TOP Natural History...
what bird has the most elaborate the most complex most beautiful song in the world i guess there are lots of contenders but
Video examples
A collaborative song PIPE...
Brian said you know what we're still here it's pretty impressive
Video examples
Top 5 David Attenborough...
not exactly what she was after deeper
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Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.
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What you put into life is what you get out of it.
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American Businessman
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Muhammad Ali
American Boxer
I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want.
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Morgan Freeman
American Actor
I don't know what my favorite film of mine is... But I think the most important film I was in was 'Glory'.
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Socrates
Greek Philosopher
The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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Winston Churchill
British Statesman
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
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Henry Ford
American Businessman
You can't learn in school what the world is going to do next year.
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Jack London
American Novelist
Do you know the only value life has is what life puts on itself?
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German Writer
Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.
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Thomas A. Edison
American Inventor
What a man's mind can create, man's character can control.
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American Actor
What you put into life is what you get out of it.
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