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People Refer General Care Bodies Withdrawal Symptoms Experience

query
W_ is sometimes used to refer to people in general.We is sometimes used to refer to people in general.
We need to take care of our bodies.
...the withdrawal symptoms that we all experience at the end of a long, close relationship.
word we
full-definition
pronoun
A speaker or writer uses we to refer both to himself or herself and to one or more other people as a group. You can use we before a noun to make it clear which group of people you are referring to.
We both swore we'd be friends ever after.
We ordered another bottle of champagne.
Don't you think we should ask this young man some technical questions?
We students outnumbered our teachers.
We is sometimes used to refer to people in general.
We need to take care of our bodies.
...the withdrawal symptoms that we all experience at the end of a long, close relationship.
A speaker or writer may use we instead of 'I' in order to include the audience or reader in what they are saying, especially when discussing how a talk or book is organized .
We will now consider the raw materials from which the body derives energy.
cefr-level A1

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a1

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