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Examples:by the window (referring seats on a plane etc)—plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring individuals—older generation in one's household (often referring one's parents)—old way of referring sth—yellow peril (offensive term referring the perceived threat to Western nations, of immigration or military expansion from East Asian nations)—full of trouble and misfortune (usu. referring someone's life)—full of trouble and misfortune (usu. referring sb's life)—(can also be an indirect way of referring an unmarried person)—(in accounting, referring currency conversion) translation—on the aisle (referring seats on a plane etc)—invade China (referring to 19th century imperialist powers and Japan)—I (an old man referring himself)—I, me (referring oneself as "one" or "people")—I, me (self-referring by a widowed empress etc, used in historical novels and operas)—(old) child, particularly referring the son who resembles his father—queer uncle, referring a young to middle-aged male pedophile (Internet slang)—pedophile (slang, referring the case of a Hong Kong child abductor)—marginal man (term coined by social psychologist Kurt Lewin, referring a person in transition between two cultures or social groups, not fully belonging to either)—a widow (a widow's way of referring herself in former times)— |