n.
deed
event
1) to do a thing (she did a nice thing when she offered to help; to do great things; to do the right thing)
2) a bad; difficult; easy; good; mean; nasty; nice; sensible; strange; stupid; terrible thing; the right; wrong thing
3) a thing to + inf. (it was an easy thing to do; it was the wrong thing to do)
object
4) to use a thing for (don't use this thing for removing paint)
facts, details
5) to get a thing out of smb. (I couldn't get a thing out of her)
6) to know a thing about (he doesn't know a thing about music); to know a thing or two ('to know quite a bit')
fact, point
(colloq.)
7) the thing is that + clause (the thing is that I still have a great deal of work to do; the other thing is that I really don't want to go)
article of clothing
8) not to have a thing to wear (I don't have a thing to wear)
9) to put on; take off one's things
possessions, effects
10) to pack one's things
step
11) the first; next thing (the next thing is to submit your application)
person of a certain type
12) a pretty; poor thing (a pretty little thing; you poor thing)
thought, idea
13) to say the right thing
matters
(used in the plural)
14) to even things up
15) to see things (as they are)
16) (misc.) all things considered ('with everything taken into account'); things don't look good; things are looking up for us; how do things stand. how are things.
utensils
17) to clear the (breakfast) things away
individual
18) a living thing (there wasn't a living thing in sight)
fear
obsession
(colloq.)
19) a thing about (she has a thing about flying)
misc.
20) to do one's thing ('to do what one feels competent or motivated to do'); any old thing ('anything at all'); a sure thing ('smt. that is certain to succeed'); of all things ('most surprisingly'); to tell smb. a thing or two ('to tell smb. frankly what one thinks')