[{"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to exist or live:Shakespeare's “To be or not to be” is the ultimate question.", "to take place; happen; occur:The wedding was last week.", "to occupy a place or position:The book is on the table.", "to continue or remain as before:Let things be.", "to belong; attend; befall:May good fortune be with you.", "(used as a copula to connect the subject with its predicate adjective, or predicate nominative, in order to describe, identify, or amplify the subject):Martha is tall. John is president. This is she.", "(used as a copula to introduce or form interrogative or imperative sentences):Is that right? Be quiet! Don't be facetious."]}, {"Bold_text": "auxiliary verb", "List Items": ["(used with the present participle of another verb to form the progressive tense):I am waiting.", "(used with the present participle or infinitive of the principal verb to indicate future action):She is visiting there next week. He is to see me today.", "(used with the past participle of another verb to form the passive voice):The date was fixed. It must be done.", "(used in archaic or literary constructions with some intransitive verbs to form the perfect tense):He is come. Agamemnon to the wars is gone."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["Informal.to say, declare, think, or feel (usually used to introduce reported speech or thought):So I'm walking down my street yesterday, and I'm “Why is there a crowd in front of my house?”"]}, {"Bold_text": null, "List Items": ["beryllium."]}, {"Bold_text": "abbreviation for", "List Items": ["Baumé."]}, {"Bold_text": null, "List Items": ["bill of exchange."]}, {"Bold_text": null, "List Items": ["a native English prefix formerly used in the formation of verbs:become, besiege, bedaub, befriend."]}, {"Bold_text": "abbreviation for", "List Items": ["Bachelor of Education.", "Bachelor of Engineering.", "Bank of England.", "bill of exchange.", "Board of Education."]}]