Meaning of s' | Babel Free

Definitions

Clitic form of it's.

clitic, colloquial, contraction, form-of

Examples

“He touched her shoulder and she lifted herself on her elbows, head tipped up to peer at him, the eyes black-shadowed emptiness. “S’you,” she gasped. “Killed . . . guard[…]””

““Who’d yer reckon’ll skipper, Loll?” “I dunno. S’hard to say—””

“S’cold here, very cold . . . in Siberia.”

“And what was my dad trying to say? Shut up? S’hot in here? Or sorry?”

““I’m not drunk,” she said, waving her glass. “I never drink more than two glasses of wine.” She frowned. “Although s’hard to count when the glass is never empty.[…]””

“Then it rang. Pick up. “Jim? Jim? Are you there?” / Something s’posed to do. Oh, yeah. Talk. “Karn. S’you?” / “Jim what’s going on?[…]””

““Ben,” I called out to him again. His eyes slowly opened and took me in. “S’you, Jake?” he mumbled. “Yeah.””

“‘Hello?’ […] / ‘S’me!’ she says. / ‘Who?’ / Neve pauses, frowning. / ‘S’Neve,’ she says a bit less cheerfully.”

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