3000 English common words - Oxford by CEFR
People Pronoun Jɔːˈself Jəˈself Hurt Today Happy Usual
Word3 |
yourself |
WordType |
(pronoun) |
Phonetic |
/jɔːˈself/ /jəˈself/ |
Example |
- have you hurt yourself?
- you don't seem quite yourself today (= you do not seem well or do not seem as happy as usual).
- enjoy yourselves!
- do it yourself—i don't have time.
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Sound |
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Content |
yourself(pronoun)/jɔːˈself/ /jəˈself/- used when the person or people being spoken to both cause and are affected by an action
- Have you hurt yourself?
- You don't seem quite yourself today (= you do not seem well or do not seem as happy as usual).
- Enjoy yourselves!
- used to emphasize the fact that the person who is being spoken to is doing something
- Do it yourself—I don't have time.
- You can try it out for yourselves.
- You yourself are one of the chief offenders.
- used instead of ‘you’ in order to sound polite or formal (although some people do not consider this use to be correct)
- We sell a lot of these to people like yourself.
- ‘And yourself,’ he replied, ‘How are you?’
- to act naturally
- Don't act sophisticated—just be yourself.
- alone; without anyone else
- How long were you by yourself in the house?
- without help
- Are you sure you did this exercise by yourself?
- for only you to have or use; not shared
- I'm going to be away next week so you'll have the office to yourself.
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