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yourselves

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your·selves  (yr-slvz, yôr-, yr-, yr-)
pron.
1. Those ones identical with you:
a. Used reflexively as the direct or indirect object of a verb or as the object of a preposition: Help yourselves. Have yourselves a good time. You should all watch out for yourselves.
b. Used for emphasis: You should take care of the matter yourselves.
c. Used in an absolute construction: Yourselves having run the race, you four should receive the prize.
2. Your normal or healthy condition: Just relax and be yourselves. See Usage Note at myself.
Translations
yourselves [jəˈselvz] PRON
1. (reflexive)
1.1. (familiar) → os(Sp), se(LAm)
did you enjoy yourselves?¿os divertisteis?, ¿se divirtieron?(LAm)
help yourselves to vegetablesservíos las verduras
1.2. (formal) → se
help yourselves to vegetablessírvanse las verduras
2. (after prep, for emphasis)
2.1. (familiar) → vosotros/as mismos/as, ustedes mismos/as(LAm)
you'll have to pay for taxis yourselvesvosotros mismos tendréis que pagar los taxis
2.2. (formal) → ustedes mismos/as
you'll have to pay for taxis yourselvesustedes mismos tendrán que pagar los taxis

yourselves [ˈjɔːrsɛlvz jʊərˈsɛlvz] pron pl
(reflexive)vous
Did you enjoy yourselves? → Vous vous êtes bien amusés?
Buy yourselves something nice → Achetez-vous quelque chose de bon.
(after preposition)vous
Be honest with yourselves
BUT Soyez honnêtes avec vous-mêmes.
by yourselves (= without help) → par vous mêmes (= without company) → tout(es) seuls*(seules)
(emphatic)vous-mêmes
Did you make it yourselves? → Vous l'avez fait vous-mêmes?

yourselves أنفسكم sami jer selv ihr selbst εσείς οι ίδιοι os, ustedes mismos te itse vous-mêmes vas vi あなた方自身 여러분 자신 jouzelf dere selv siebie vocês mesmos себя er själva ตัวท่านเอง kendiniz chính các bạn 你们自己


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He then addressed them in these words: "My sons, if you are of one mind, and unite to assist each other, you will be as this faggot, uninjured by all the attempts of your enemies; but if you are divided among yourselves, you will be broken as easily as these sticks.
"My children," said the Oldest and Wisest Ape in All the World, when he had heard the Deputation, "you did right in ridding yourselves of tyranny, but your tribe is not sufficiently advanced to dispense with the forms of monarchy.
Indeed, the wishes of my little correspondents have been considered as carefully as possible, and if the story is not exactly as you would have written it yourselves, you must remember that a story has to be a story before it can be written down, and the writer cannot change it much without spoiling it.
 
 
 
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