The difference between Done and In the books
Done is also adjective with the meaning: ready, fully cooked.
In the books is also phrase with the meaning: finished.
check bellow for the other definitions of Done and In the books
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Done as an adjective (of food):
Ready, fully cooked.
Examples:
"As soon as the potatoes are done we can sit down and eat."
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Done as an adjective:
Having completed or finished an activity.
Examples:
"He pushed his empty plate away, sighed and pronounced "I am done."
"They were done playing and were picking up the toys when he arrived."
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Done as an adjective:
Being exhausted or fully spent.
Examples:
"When the water is done we will only be able to go on for a few days."
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Done as an adjective:
Without hope or prospect of completion or success.
Examples:
"He is done, after three falls there is no chance he will be able to finish."
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Done as an adjective:
Fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful.
Examples:
"I can't believe he just walked up and spoke to her like that, those kind of things just aren't done!"
"What is the done thing these days? I can't keep up!"
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Done as a verb:
Examples:
"I have ''done'' my work."
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Done as a verb (African American Vernacular English, Southern American English, auxiliary verb, taking a [[past tense]]):
Used in forming the perfective aspect; have.
Examples:
"I done did my best to raise y'all."
"I woke up and found out she done left."
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Done as a verb (obsolete):
plural simple present form of
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Done as a noun (colloquial, slang):
Examples:
"on the done"