thing

For one thing Fred sha'n't get into that kind of muss if I can save him from it.

"He'd better improve his whiskers first thing he does," suggested Percival.

Strive and grope as he would, the thing had driven him on relentlessly.

I know it's a thing you never dreamt of—marrying a poor man.

It died just as the languages of most of our Indian tribes have become a thing of the past.

The misfortune was that this was the only thing they cared to possess.

All the systems of writing of the ancient people of Asia had one thing in common.

The first thing I am going to do is to catch some fish, if you'll lend me your boat.

They owed me every thing, like you—their gratitude was unbounded, even as yours.

My friend was, if any thing, kinder and more affectionate than ever.