there

He did not stop there, but continued his speech.

They patched up their differences, but matters did not end there.

The law, that threaten’d death, becomes thy friend / And turns it to exile; there art thou happy.

c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:

(location) In or at a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) that is perceived to be away from, or at a relative distance from, the speaker (compare here).

(figuratively) At that point, stage, etc., visualised as a distinct place.

You know that I will always be there for you.

(as complement of 'be') In a notional place where one will provide support or care; see also be there.

I know that aliens are there, somewhere.

(as complement of 'be') In existence in some place.

If I just push this in here like this, it should .... Ah! Good! It's there!

(informal, as complement of 'be') In its correct position, so as to be fully and properly fitted or inserted.

Jim there has been with the company for twenty years.

(informal) After the name of a person perceived as located 'away' from the speaker, used familiarly to indicate that person.

Your dog's been a-chasin' those there chickens.

(dialect) After certain determiners, used to emphasise demonstrative sense; see also them there.

I spoke to her, but she didn't make much sense. I don't think she's totally there.

(informal, as complement of 'be') In a notional place or situation of mental soundness and competence; see also all there.

I know Bristol quite well as I used to live there.

I looked in the cupboard and my keys were there!

The air there is beneficial to health.

I consulted Wikipedia, and it says there that he died in 1970.

The view up here is better than the view down there!

There's that book I've been looking for! (inverted use)

And in a dark and dankish vault at home / There left me and my man, both bound together;

c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:

1769, King James Bible, Oxford Standard text, Genesis, 2, viii,
The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

To veil the heav'n, tho' darkneſs there might well / Seem twilight here.

1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

(Phone rings)
MAN: Hello. Philosophy Department.
CALLER: Is Jack there?
MAN: Well, what do we mean when we say, "Jack"? Is there really such an entity? Or is Jack simply a description? A label. There are countless people who call themselves Jack. Can they all be doing so accurately? And by the way, where is this "there" you speak of? As I listen to you, I experience your voice as a physical sensation within my head. Certainly Jack isn't in there. Wherever your entity called Jack is, it's probably safe to say that that is where he is. At least for the moment.

2004, George Carlin, “IS ANYONE THERE?”, in When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 117:

I've never been to Disneyland. Can we go there?

A knight there was, and that a worthy man / […]

1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “(please specify the story)”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

And the rarest that e’er came there.

1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

So that wherever there is sense or perception, there some idea is actually produced, and present in the understanding.

1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter IX, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC:

1769, King James Bible, Oxford Standard text, Job, 28, vii,
There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:

(location) To or into a place or location; thither.

To or into a place or location; thither.

He started to talk about ... you know ... and I told him please don't go there.

Into an undesirable topic or subject matter; see also go there.

You say that the president is a crook, and I certainly agree with you there.

(figuratively) In that matter, relation, etc..

(obsolete) Where, there where, in which place.

These firms do not want the truth to get out and are financing these flights in the hope of dazzling the public. Yet the record of the gas engine is there for all to see.

1928 January, Captain Ferdinand Tuohy, “Why Don't We Fly?”, in Popular Science, page 144:

In this world: used to say that someone or something exists; see also pronoun section below.

duman

far from both the speaker and the listener

diyan

away from the speaker, but close to the listener

tuolla

the place, which is pointed at, which is more distant or less accurately confined

tuossa

the place, which is pointed at, which is less distant or more accurately confined

siellä

the place, which is not pointed at, which is more distant or less accurately confined

siinä

the place, which is not pointed at, which is less distant or more accurately confined

allí

further, more specific, somewhat like "in/right there"

allá

further, less specific, somewhat like "over there"

atje

in that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc.

From Middle English there, ther, thare, thar, thore, from Old English þēr, þǣr, þār (“there; at that place”), from Proto-West Germanic *þār, from Proto-Germanic *þar (“at that place; there”), from Proto-Indo-European *tó-r (“there”), from demonstrative pronominal base *to- (“the, that”) + adverbial suffix *-r̥.
Cognate with Scots thar, thair (“there”), North Frisian dear, deer, där (“there”), Saterland Frisian deer (“there”), West Frisian dêr (“there”), Dutch daar (“there”), Low German dar (“there”), German da, dar- (“there”), Danish der (“there”), Norwegian der (“there”), Swedish där (“there”), Icelandic þar (“in that place, there”).


there

There, there. Everything is going to turn out all right.

Used to offer encouragement or sympathy; see also there, there and there now.

There! That knot should hold.


there

We need someone to take us from here to there.

anyway what was the use of my having come from Oakland it was not natural to have come from there yes write about it if I like or anything if I like but not there, there is no there there.

1937, Gertrude Stein, Everybody's Autobiography, page 289:

Some of these theres are actual, that is, situated in currently ... Other theres are only virtual

1993, Edward S. Casey, Getting back into place: toward a renewed understanding of the place-world, page 54:

That place (previously mentioned or otherwise implied).

You rinse and de-string the green beans; I'll take it from there.


there

There are two apples on the table. [=Two apples are on the table.]

There is no way to do it. [=No way to do it exists.]

Is there an answer? [=Does an answer exist?]

No, there isn't. [=No, one doesn't exist.]

1908, C. H. Bovill (lyrics), Jerome D. Kern (music), There’s Something Rather Odd About Augustus, song from the musical Fluffy Ruffles,
It's very sad but all the same, / There’s something rather odd about Augustus.

1909, Leo Tolstoy, translator not mentioned, There are No Guilty People, in The Forged Coupon and Other Stories,
There was a time when I tried to change my position, which was not in harmony with my conscience; […] .

There are intentional and unintentional towns.

1918, Fyodor Dostoevsky, translated by Constance Garnett, Notes from Underground, Part 1, II:

Used as an expletive subject of be in its sense of “exist”, with the semantic, usually indefinite subject being postponed or (occasionally) implied.

If x is a positive number, then there exists [=there is] a positive number y less than x.

There remain several problems with this approach. [=Several problems remain with this approach.]

Once upon a time, in a now-forgotten kingdom, there lived a woodsman with his wife. [=There was a woodsman, who lived with his wife.]

There arose a great wind out of the east. [=There was now a great wind, arising in the east.]

1895, Sabine Baring-Gould, A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes: Nursery Songs, XXII: The Tree in the Wood,
All in a wood there grew a fine tree,

1897, James Baldwin, The Story of Abraham Lincoln: The Kentucky Home, in Four Great Americans,
Not far from Hodgensville, in Kentucky, there once lived a man whose name was Thomas Lincoln.

1904, Uriel Waldo Cutler, Stories of King Arthur and His Knights, Chapter XXXI: How Sir Launcelot Found the Holy Grail,
On a night, as he slept, there came a vision unto him, and a voice said, "Launcelot, arise up, and take thine armour, and enter into the first ship that thou shalt find."

Used with other intransitive verbs of existence, in the same sense, or with other intransitive verbs, adding a sense of existence.

There seems to be some difficulty with the papers. [=It seems that there is some difficulty with the papers.]

I expected there to be a simpler solution. [=I expected that there would be a simpler solution.]

There are beginning to be complications. [=It's beginning to be the case that there are complications.]

There have to be two people at the post.

therefor, thereat, thereunder

(in combination with certain prepositions, no longer productive) That.

Hi there, young fellow.

Oh, hello there, Bob, how are you doing?

Hi there! I’m Anna and I live in Washington, D.C.
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2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

(colloquial) Appended to words of greeting etc.

der

expletive subject of verb of existence: "there is"


there

behind every great man there stands a woman

behind every successful man there stands a woman

there ain't no such thing as a free lunch

there are more horses' asses than horses

there are none so blind as those who will not see

there is a place and time for everything

there is a time and a place for everything

there is a time and place for everything

there is no replacement for displacement

there is something rotten in the state of Denmark

there may be snow on the mountaintop but there's fire in the valley

there may be snow on the rooftop but there is fire in the furnace