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these ◆◆◆ The determiner is pronounced /ðiːz/. The pronoun is pronounced /ðiː z/. 1 DET You use these at the beginning of noun groups to refer to someone or something that you have already mentioned or identified. □  Switch to an interest-paying current account. Most banks now offer these accounts. □  A steering committee has been formed. These people can make decisions much more quickly. ● PRON These is also a pronoun. □  AIDS kills mostly young people. These are the people who contribute most to a country's economic development.

2 DET You use these to introduce people or things that you are going to talk about. □  Look for an account with these features: simple fees; online or phone access to account information. ● PRON These is also a pronoun. □  These are some of the things you can do for yourself.

3 DET In spoken English, people use these to introduce people or things into a story. □  I was on my own and these fellows came along towards me.

4 PRON You use these when you are identifying someone or asking about their identity. □  These are my children.

5 DET You use these to refer to people or things that are near you, especially when you touch them or point to them. □  These scissors are awfully heavy. ● PRON These is also a pronoun. □  These are the people who are doing our loft conversion for us.

6 DET You use these when you refer to something which you expect the person you are talking to to know about, or when you are checking that you are both thinking of the same person or thing. □  You know these last few months when we've been expecting it to warm up a little bit?

7 DET You use these in the expression these days to mean 'at the present time'. □  Living in Bootham these days can be depressing.

the|sis /θiː s I s/ (theses /θiː siːz/)

1 N‑COUNT A thesis is an idea or theory that is expressed as a statement and is discussed in a logical way. □  This thesis does not stand up to close inspection.

2 N‑COUNT A thesis is a long piece of writing based on your own ideas and research that you do as part of a university degree, especially a higher degree such as a PhD.

thes|pian /θe spiən/ (thespians )

1 N‑COUNT A thespian is an actor or actress. [HUMOROUS or OLD-FASHIONED ]

2 ADJ [ADJ n] Thespian means relating to drama and the theatre. [OLD-FASHIONED ]

they ◆◆◆ /ðe I / They is a third person plural pronoun. They is used as the subject of a verb. 1 PRON You use they to refer to a group of people, animals, or things. □  The two men were far more alike than they would ever admit. □  People matter because of what they are, not what they have.

2 PRON You use they instead of 'he or she' to refer to a person without saying whether that person is a man or a woman. Some people think this use is incorrect. □  The teacher is not responsible for this. They are only there to help the student learn.

3 PRON You use they in expressions such as 'they say' or 'they call it' to refer to people in general when you are making general statements about what people say, think, or do. [VAGUENESS ] □  They say there are plenty of opportunities out there. USAGE they

Don’t use ‘they’ with are to say that a number of things exist or are in a particular place. Don’t say, for example, ‘ They are two bottles of juice in the fridge ’. Say ‘There are two bottles of juice in the fridge’. □  There are always plenty of jobs to be done.

they'd /ðe I d/

1They'd is a spoken form of 'they had', especially when 'had' is an auxiliary verb. □  They'd both lived in this road all their lives.

2They'd is a spoken form of 'they would'. □  He agreed that they'd visit her after they stopped at Jan's for coffee.