(verb.) spend or use time; 'I may be an hour'.
(verb.) work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; 'He is a herpetologist'; 'She is our resident philosopher'.
(verb.) have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); 'John is rich'; 'This is not a good answer'.
(verb.) have life, be alive; 'Our great leader is no more'; 'My grandfather lived until the end of war'.
(verb.) be identical to; be someone or something; 'The president of the company is John Smith'; 'This is my house'.
(verb.) occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; 'Where is my umbrella?' 'The toolshed is in the back'; 'What is behind this behavior?'.
(verb.) happen, occur, take place; 'I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents' house'; 'There were two hundred people at his funeral'; 'There was a lot of noise in the kitchen'.
(verb.) to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form; 'let her be'.
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