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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